Petchou Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Petchou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 109 | 1:190,542 | 19,833 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Petchou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petchou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petchou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petchou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Petchou is the 1,727,723rd most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Petchou live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 190,542. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 53 percent live, Littoral Region, where 28 percent live and Southwest Region, where 12 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 2 percent live and France, 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 Petchou
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