Ladjou Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Ladjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 148 | 1:140,332 | 15,641 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Ladjou (39) may also be a first name.
Ladjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ladjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ladjou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ladjou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ladjou is the 1,441,361st most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ladjou live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 39 people.
The surname Ladjou is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 140,332. In Cameroon Ladjou is primarily found in: West Region, where 66 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 31 percent are found and South Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ladjou
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