Kamtchoua Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Kamtchoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 244 | 1:85,119 | 10,334 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Kamtchoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamtchoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamtchoua is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kamtchoua.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamtchoua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,014,722nd most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. The surname Kamtchoua occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kamtchoua reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 244 people, or 1 in 85,119. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 60 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 19 percent reside and West Region, where 18 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamchoua | 94 | 2 | / |
| Kamtchouo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Komtchoua | 89 | 1 | / |
| Khamchuea | 78 | 530 | / |
| Khamchao | 71 | 14 | / |
| Kamchaiyo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kamchaiya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khamchaiyo | 63 | 91 | / |
| Khamchaiya | 63 | 43 | / |
| Camcaho | 63 | 11 | / |
| Khamchaijai | 60 | 1 | / |
| Khomchoho | 56 | 4 | / |
| Khomchaiyo | 53 | 4 | / |
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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 Kamtchoua
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