Vetou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Vetou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vetou (8) may also be a first name.
Vetou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vetou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vetou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺘﻮ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Vetou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vetou? popularity and diffusion
Vetou is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Vetou occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Vetou live; 25 percent live in Central Africa and 25 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Vetou is also the 4,213,784th most common first name worldwide It is held by 8 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 25 percent are found and Switzerland, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vetou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vetou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺘﻮ | ftw | - |
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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
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- 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 Vetou
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