Echou Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Echou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 184 | 1:56,172 | 6,983 |
| Cameroon | 90 | 1:230,767 | 23,017 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Echou (120) may also be a first name.
Echou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Echou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Echou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 872,430th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 23,508,213 people. The last name Echou occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Echou reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Echou is also the 852,104th most common first name in the world It is held by 120 people.
The last name Echou is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 56,172. In Benin Echou is most prevalent in: Plateau Department, where 94 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 3 percent reside and Zou Department, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Benin this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 29 percent reside and Niger, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Echou
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