Chongou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Chongou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Chongou (7) may also be a first name.
Chongou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chongou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chongou are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chongou is also the 4,548,448th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 7 people.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 3,445,201. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 67 percent are found and Collines Department, where 33 percent are found. Not including Benin it is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chongou
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