Ketou Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Ketou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 96 | 1:216,344 | 21,934 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Ketou (50) may also be a first name.
Ketou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ketou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ketou has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ketou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,310,135th most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. Ketou occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Ketou reside; 55 percent reside in Central Africa and 55 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 50 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 216,344. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 76 percent live, Littoral Region, where 16 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Cameroon Ketou exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 23 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
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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 Ketou
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