Zawou Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Zawou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Zawou (10) may also be a first name.
Zawou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zawou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zawou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Zawou.
How Common Is The Last Name Zawou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,543,123rd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zawou reside; 81 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Zawou is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname Zawou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: West Region, where 92 percent live, Centre Region, where 4 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 10 percent live and Benin, where 6 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 Zawou
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