Nouayou Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Nouayou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 171 | 1:121,457 | 13,881 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Nouayou (14) may also be a first name.
Nouayou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nouayou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nouayou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nouayou.
How Common Is The Last Name Nouayou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nouayou is the 1,305,105th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nouayou are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Nouayou is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 14 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 121,457. In Cameroon Nouayou is most frequent in: West Region, where 47 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 30 percent are found and Centre Region, where 23 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 1 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, 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 Nouayou
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