Njapou Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Njapou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 176 | 1:118,006 | 13,533 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Njapou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njapou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njapou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njapou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Njapou is the 1,281,391st most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Njapou reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 118,006. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 44 percent reside, West Region, where 31 percent reside and Centre Region, where 23 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Njapou occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 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
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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
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