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 found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tajou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tajou is the 1,718,748th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name Tajou is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tajou are found; 61 percent are found in Central Africa and 61 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous forename on earth, held by 23 people.
The surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 301,001. In Cameroon Tajou is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 58 percent live, Littoral Region, where 29 percent live and West Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Tajou is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 26 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live.
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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