Pabou Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Pabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 92 | 1:225,751 | 22,624 |
| Niger | 72 | 1:266,556 | 8,311 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| New Caledonia | 42 | 1:6,577 | 1,478 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pabou (248) may also be a first name.
Pabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pabou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pabou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 897,852nd most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 24,454,852 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Pabou are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 26 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 566,287th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 248 people.
The surname Pabou is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 225,751. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: West Region, where 30 percent live, Centre Region, where 26 percent live and Littoral Region, where 16 percent live. Besides Cameroon it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 24 percent live and France, where 17 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 Pabou
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