Zobou Surname
Approximately 413 people bear this surname
Zobou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 325 | 1:63,905 | 8,125 |
| Ivory Coast | 74 | 1:311,773 | 11,581 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Zobou (50) may also be a first name.
Zobou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zobou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zobou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zobou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zobou is the 709,895th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 17,645,390 people. The surname Zobou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Zobou are found; 79 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Zobou is also the 1,412,538th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 50 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 325 people, or 1 in 63,905. In Cameroon Zobou is mostly found in: West Region, where 47 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 26 percent are found and Centre Region, where 25 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Zobou
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