Kamtchoua Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kamtchoua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kamtchoua Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2441:85,11910,334
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397

Kamtchoua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kamtchoua is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamtchoua? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,014,722nd most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kamtchoua live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Kamtchoua is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 244 people, or 1 in 85,119. In Cameroon Kamtchoua is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 60 percent live, Littoral Region, where 19 percent live and West Region, where 18 percent live. Apart from Cameroon Kamtchoua occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kamchoua942/
Kamtchouo891/
Komtchoua891/
Khamchuea78530/
Khamchao7114/
Kamchaiyo677/
Kamchaiya672/
Khamchaiyo6391/
Khamchaiya6343/
Camcaho6311/
Khamchaijai601/
Khomchoho564/
Khomchaiyo534/
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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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