Keou Surname
Approximately 700 people bear this surname
Keou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 627 | 1:33,125 | 4,472 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Kéou (5) are calculated separately.
Keou (1,075) may also be a first name.
Keou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Keou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Kéou. For other potential spellings of Keou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Keou is the 477,400th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 10,410,780 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Keou live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Keou is also the 243,766th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,075 people.
The last name Keou is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 627 people, or 1 in 33,125. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 37 percent live, West Region, where 33 percent live and Centre Region, where 22 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.
Keou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Keou has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Keou last name increased 767 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Keou
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