Kangou Surname
Approximately 2,159 people bear this surname
Kangou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 1,039 | 1:4,802 | 774 |
| Ivory Coast | 774 | 1:29,808 | 2,041 |
| Niger | 275 | 1:69,789 | 3,170 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kangou (1,453) may also be a first name.
Kangou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kangou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kangou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻛﻮ) has its highest incidence in The Congo. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kangou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 194,607th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,375,427 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Kangou live; 49 percent live in Central Africa and 49 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 204,621st most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 1,453 people.
It is most frequently held in The Congo, where it is held by 1,039 people, or 1 in 4,802. In The Congo Kangou is mostly concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 41 percent reside, Pool Department, where 29 percent reside and Pointe-Noire Department, where 19 percent reside. Excluding The Congo this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 36 percent reside and Niger, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kangou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kangou 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 Kangou
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