Nganhou Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Nganhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 165 | 1:125,873 | 14,288 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Nganhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nganhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nganhou has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nganhou? popularity and diffusion
Nganhou is the 1,338,236th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. Nganhou occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nganhou are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 125,873. In Cameroon Nganhou is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 48 percent are found, Centre Region, where 29 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 16 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Nganhou
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