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
The last name Petchou is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petchou? popularity and diffusion
Petchou is the 1,727,723rd most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Petchou are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 190,542. In Cameroon Petchou is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 53 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 28 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 2 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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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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