Kagou Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Kagou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 103 | 1:201,641 | 20,774 |
| Niger | 72 | 1:266,556 | 8,311 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kagou (1,444) may also be a first name.
Kagou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kagou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kagou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻛﻮ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kagou? popularity and diffusion
Kagou is the 1,140,742nd most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. Kagou occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kagou live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 205,331st most frequent given name worldwide, held by 1,444 people.
Kagou is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 201,641. In Cameroon Kagou is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 51 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 30 percent are found and Centre Region, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 34 percent are found and Benin, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kagou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kagou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻛﻮ | kakw | - |
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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 Kagou
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