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
The surname Nchou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nchou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,979,664th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. Nchou 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 frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 165 people.
The surname Nchou is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 494,502. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 48 percent live, Southwest Region, where 43 percent live and Littoral Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, 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 Nchou
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