Embou Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Embou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Embou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Embou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Embou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺒﻮ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Embou.
How Common Is The Last Name Embou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Embou is the 2,255,512th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. Embou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Embou live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 52 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 25 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 18 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 13 percent reside and The Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Embou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Embou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﺒﻮ | ambw | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﻮ | ambw | 33.33 |
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 Embou
- 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