Negou Surname
Approximately 1,167 people bear this surname
Negou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 963 | 1:21,567 | 2,937 |
| Algeria | 193 | 1:200,163 | 23,806 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Negou (35) may also be a first name.
Negou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Negou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Negou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻜﻮﺍ) is most common in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Negou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Negou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 320,306th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 6,244,684 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Negou are found; 82 percent are found in Central Africa and 81 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 35 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 963 people, or 1 in 21,567. In Cameroon Negou is most prevalent in: West Region, where 45 percent live, Centre Region, where 35 percent live and Littoral Region, where 15 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Negou occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 17 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Negou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Negou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﻜﻮﺍ | alnkwa | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻜﻮ | alnkw | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Negou
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