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 found most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachou? popularity and diffusion
Wachou is the 1,955,159th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Wachou are found; 85 percent are found in Central Africa and 81 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wachou is also the 3,159,357th most widespread given name in the world, borne by 13 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 266,270. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 32 percent live, Littoral Region, where 32 percent live and West Region, where 28 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 8 percent live and New Caledonia, where 4 percent live.
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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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