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 has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Madjou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 150,920th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,495,735 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Madjou are found; 78 percent are found in Central Africa and 72 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 91,523rd most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 5,407 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,369 people, or 1 in 8,767. In Cameroon it is most common in: West Region, where 39 percent reside, Centre Region, where 22 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 22 percent reside. Beside Cameroon Madjou is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 13 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent reside.
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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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