Chougou Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Chougou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 75 | 1:255,894 | 8,080 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
Chougou (110) may also be a first name.
Chougou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chougou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chougou is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chougou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,007,164th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name Chougou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chougou are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 110 people.
The surname is most widespread in Niger, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 255,894. In Niger Chougou is primarily found in: Diffa Region, where 79 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 19 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Niger this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Chougou
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis