Icheou Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Icheou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Icheou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger1561:123,0264,780
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Icheou (227) may also be a first name.

Icheou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Icheou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Icheou is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Icheou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,385,851st most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Icheou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 596,468th most numerous first name internationally, held by 227 people.

This surname is most common in Niger, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 123,026. In Niger it is primarily found in: Zinder Region, where 76 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 12 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 6 percent are found. Barring Niger it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Chad, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aicheou9273/
Ichehou929/
Itcheou923/
Icheo911/
Aitcheou86183/
Haicheou869/
Aichehou867/
Ichiou8311/
Yicheo8310/
Gicheo831/
Aitchehou8025/
Iceo802/
Ichihou7788/
Ichiaou776/
Aîcheou773/
Aichiou773/
Gicheiu771/
Ishehou771/
Etcheou771/
Aycheou771/
Gicheho771/
Heicheo771/
Isheous770/
Ichio7369/
Ichiu7335/
Echeo7315/
Ikeou732/
Isheo732/
Isceo731/
Ichea731/
Aîtcheou7116/
Aîchehou711/
Aitchéou711/
Ichiahou711/
Ichiojui711/
Ichijo6710,032/
Gecheo67413/
Ishehu67349/
Oichea67101/
Ichiye6775/
Ichiho6762/
Ichiju6757/
Ezihou6744/
Ischiu6723/
Gichiu6712/
Ischio6710/
Icheha6710/
Ixchiu676/
Ikeyou674/
Ichiea672/
Ikheoa672/
Aîtchehou671/
Aichio671/
Gichio671/
Echeho671/
Ichios671/
Icchio671/
Echeos671/
Echeoz671/
Iseous671/
Ichyuz671/
Aitcheoji671/
Echeju671/
Ishieu671/
Iochio671/
Hichio671/
Iochiu671/
Țicoiu671/
Icheah671/
Ichiua671/
Ichyoz671/

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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 Icheou
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