Wachou Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Wachou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Wachou (13) may also be a first name.
Wachou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wachou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,955,159th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Wachou reside; 85 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Wachou is also the 3,159,357th most common first name worldwide It is held by 13 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 266,270. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 32 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 32 percent reside and West Region, where 28 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 8 percent reside and New Caledonia, where 4 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 Wachou
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