Makougoum Surname

193,819th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Makougoum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Makougoum Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2,1651:9,5931,263
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Makougoum (127) may also be a first name.

Makougoum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Makougoum is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Makougoum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 193,819th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,359,864 people. The last name Makougoum occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makougoum are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 825,494th most commonly used given name at a global level It is held by 127 people.

Makougoum is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2,165 people, or 1 in 9,593. In Cameroon Makougoum is most common in: West Region, where 54 percent live, Centre Region, where 26 percent live and Littoral Region, where 18 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Makoungoum9546/
Makugoum944/
Makogoum941/
Makougom941/
Makongoum892/
Macougoum891/
Makungoum891/
Mokougoum891/
Meukougoum841/
Makougam823/
Makagoum821/
Makugam751/
Makhagum714/
Makagume711/
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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 Makougoum
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