Nchow Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nchow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nchow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon211:989,00363,570
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nchow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nchow is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nchow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,206,983rd most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Nchow occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Nchow are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon Nchow is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 95 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nchowa911/
Ncow895/
Nchaw80112/
Nchov803/
Ncowa801/
Nchawe7316/
Ndcouw731/
Nsow6735/
Njow675/
Nzow672/
Ncof672/
Ntshowe671/
Ncaw671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Nchow
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis