Pegou Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Pegou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 84 | 1:247,251 | 24,294 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
The alternate forms: Pégou (1) are calculated separately.
Pegou (15) may also be a first name.
Pegou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pegou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pegou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Pégou. For other potential spellings of Pegou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pegou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pegou is the 1,918,812th most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. Pegou occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Pegou live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Pegou is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 247,251. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 48 percent live, West Region, where 31 percent live and Littoral Region, where 19 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent live and Benin, where 1 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 Pegou
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