Kathou Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Kathou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kathou (18) may also be a first name.
Kathou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kathou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kathou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kathou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kathou is the 2,689,253rd most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kathou are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous given name throughout the world. It is borne by 18 people.
Kathou is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 407,237. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 98 percent live and Littoral Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent live.
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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 Kathou
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