Nouwou Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Nouwou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 94 | 1:220,948 | 22,265 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Nouwou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nouwou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nouwou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nouwou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,882,912th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nouwou are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 220,948. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 56 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 27 percent reside and West Region, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, 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
- 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 Nouwou
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