Kegoum Surname
Approximately 278 people bear this surname
Kegoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 275 | 1:75,524 | 9,350 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kegoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kegoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kegoum is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kegoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kegoum is the 942,947th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. The surname Kegoum is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kegoum are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Kegoum is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 75,524. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent reside, Centre Region, where 39 percent reside and West Region, where 17 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Kegoum occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keugoum | 92 | 16 | / |
| Keigoum | 92 | 12 | / |
| Kegoume | 92 | 7 | / |
| Kehgoum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kegom | 91 | 13 | / |
| Kegum | 91 | 12 | / |
| Keegoume | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kigoum | 83 | 50 | / |
| Keugom | 83 | 16 | / |
| Kegome | 83 | 2 | / |
| Keigum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Keggum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Chegoum | 77 | 5 | / |
| Keingum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kegam | 73 | 54 | / |
| Kigom | 73 | 2 | / |
| Cegum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kigum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Qegum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cheghoum | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kegham | 67 | 154 | / |
| Kigome | 67 | 75 | / |
| Kigume | 67 | 24 | / |
| Keegam | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kegame | 67 | 3 | / |
| Keugam | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chegom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cheighoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khigum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaygum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chegum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khegam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaigum | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Kegoum
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