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 occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chougou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,007,164th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chougou reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Chougou is also the 895,203rd most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 110 people.
Chougou is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 255,894. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Diffa Region, where 79 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 19 percent are found and Agadez Region, where 3 percent are found. Barring Niger this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 7 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 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 Chougou
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