Membou Surname
Approximately 499 people bear this surname
Membou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 494 | 1:42,043 | 5,588 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Membou (22) may also be a first name.
Membou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Membou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Membou is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Membou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Membou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 617,057th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 14,604,300 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Membou live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Membou is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 22 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 494 people, or 1 in 42,043. In Cameroon it is most common in: West Region, where 41 percent live, Centre Region, where 31 percent live and Littoral Region, where 27 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Equatorial Guinea, where 0 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 Membou
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