Madjou Surname
Approximately 2,920 people bear this surname
Madjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,369 | 1:8,767 | 1,139 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Burkina Faso | 61 | 1:300,854 | 5,356 |
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Madjou (5,407) may also be a first name.
Madjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Madjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Madjou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Madjou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 150,920th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,495,735 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Madjou live; 78 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 91,523rd most widely held given name globally, held by 5,407 people.
Madjou is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2,369 people, or 1 in 8,767. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 39 percent live, Centre Region, where 22 percent live and Littoral Region, where 22 percent live. Barring Cameroon Madjou exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 13 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 2 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 Madjou
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