Nougou Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Nougou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 77 | 1:269,728 | 25,950 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Nougou (78) may also be a first name.
Nougou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nougou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nougou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻮﻛﻮ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nougou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nougou is the 1,701,480th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Nougou live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nougou is also the 1,091,646th most frequently occurring forename world-wide It is held by 78 people.
The last name Nougou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 269,728. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 35 percent live, West Region, where 29 percent live and Littoral Region, where 19 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Nougou is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent live and Niger, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nougou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nougou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻮﻛﻮ | nwkw | - |
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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 Nougou
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