Tajou Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Tajou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 69 | 1:301,001 | 28,076 |
| Mauritania | 29 | 1:141,202 | 7,956 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Tajou (23) may also be a first name.
Tajou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tajou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tajou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﺝ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tajou? popularity and diffusion
Tajou is the 1,718,748th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. Tajou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tajou live; 61 percent live in Central Africa and 61 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tajou is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 23 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 301,001. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 58 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 29 percent are found and West Region, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 26 percent are found and Niger, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tajou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tajou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﺝ | taj | 86.36 |
| ﺗﺎﺟﻮ | tajw | 9.09 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺟﻮ | altajw | 4.55 |
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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 Tajou
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