Petou Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Petou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 153 | 1:135,746 | 15,205 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Benin | 28 | 1:369,129 | 27,947 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Petou (559) may also be a first name.
Petou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petou is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Petou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,041,601st most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Petou are found; 66 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 355,721st most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 559 people.
Petou is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 135,746. In Cameroon Petou is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 39 percent reside, West Region, where 35 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in France, where 17 percent reside and Benin, where 12 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 Petou
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