Kontchou Surname

431,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 799 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kontchou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kontchou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon7721:26,9033,664
United States201:18,122,947588,089
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Kontchou (25) may also be a first name.

Kontchou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kontchou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kontchou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kontchou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kontchou is the 431,117th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 9,120,833 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kontchou are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kontchou is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 25 people.

Kontchou is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 772 people, or 1 in 26,903. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 38 percent live, Littoral Region, where 28 percent live and West Region, where 28 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Kontchou Last Name Statistics demography

Kontchou earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.55% more than the national average, earning $52,446 USD per year.

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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 Kontchou
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