Pamou Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Pamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Congo | 55 | 1:90,711 | 7,856 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Pamou (24) may also be a first name.
Pamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pamou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pamou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,628,521st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. Pamou is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Pamou live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 24 people.
The surname Pamou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 377,619. In Cameroon Pamou is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 45 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 38 percent reside and West Region, where 15 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 45 percent reside and Benin, where 6 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 Pamou
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