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
Kagou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻛﻮ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kagou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,140,742nd most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kagou live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kagou is also the 205,331st most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 1,444 people.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 201,641. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 51 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 30 percent reside and Centre Region, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 34 percent reside and Benin, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kagou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kagou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻛﻮ | kakw | - |
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 Kagou
- 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