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 surname Kemayou occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as: Kémayou. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemayou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 175,670th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,989,149 people. The surname is predominantly 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 widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 34 people.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,352 people, or 1 in 8,830. In Cameroon Kemayou is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 46 percent are found, Centre Region, where 32 percent are found and West Region, where 14 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
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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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