Kemayou Surname
Approximately 2,438 people bear this surname
Kemayou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,352 | 1:8,830 | 1,152 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Kémayou (1) are calculated separately.
Kemayou (34) may also be a first name.
Kemayou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemayou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kemayou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Kémayou. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemayou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 175,670th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,989,149 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kemayou reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kemayou is also the 1,775,424th most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 34 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 2,352 people, or 1 in 8,830. In Cameroon Kemayou is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 46 percent reside, Centre Region, where 32 percent reside and West Region, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kemayou
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