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 occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nougou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,701,480th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Nougou are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Nougou is also the 1,091,646th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 78 people.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 269,728. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 35 percent are found, West Region, where 29 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent are found and Niger, where 10 percent are found.
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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