Ichaou Surname
Approximately 7,416 people bear this surname
Ichaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 7,310 | 1:2,625 | 273 |
| Benin | 94 | 1:109,953 | 12,317 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Ichaou (9,542) may also be a first name.
Ichaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ichaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ichaou is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ichaou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 67,125th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 982,679 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ichaou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 63,245th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 9,542 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 7,310 people, or 1 in 2,625. In Niger Ichaou is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 65 percent live, Maradi Region, where 26 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Niger Ichaou exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ichaou
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