Kembou Surname
Approximately 2,150 people bear this surname
Kembou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,021 | 1:10,277 | 1,362 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kembou (39) may also be a first name.
Kembou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kembou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kembou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﺒﻮ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kembou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kembou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 195,234th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,389,556 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kembou live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kembou is also the 1,637,361st most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 39 people.
Kembou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 2,021 people, or 1 in 10,277. In Cameroon Kembou is most common in: Centre Region, where 43 percent live, Littoral Region, where 30 percent live and West Region, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kembou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kembou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻤﺒﻮ | kmbw | - |
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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 Kembou
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