Nyamou Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Nyamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Nyamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyamou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nyamou.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyamou is the 2,746,821st most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamou live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Nyamou is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 432,689. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 71 percent live, Littoral Region, where 21 percent live and East Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent live.
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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 Nyamou
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