Nchou Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Nchou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Nchou (165) may also be a first name.
Nchou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nchou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nchou is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nchou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nchou is the 2,979,664th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchou reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nchou is also the 712,876th most frequent given name worldwide, held by 165 people.
Nchou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 494,502. In Cameroon Nchou is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 48 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 43 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, 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 Nchou
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