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 is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ketou.
How Common Is The Last Name Ketou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ketou is the 1,310,135th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name Ketou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Ketou are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 55 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ketou is also the 1,412,538th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 50 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 216,344. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: West Region, where 76 percent live, Littoral Region, where 16 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Not including Cameroon Ketou exists in 8 countries. It is also found 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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