Abakou Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Abakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 73 | 1:141,584 | 14,936 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Abakou (44) may also be a first name.
Abakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abakou has its highest incidence in Benin. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Abakou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abakou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abakou is the 2,047,559th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Abakou live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abakou is also the 1,525,482nd most numerous first name at a global level, held by 44 people.
Abakou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 141,584. In Benin Abakou is most prevalent in: Donga Department, where 68 percent reside, Collines Department, where 29 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Benin it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent reside and France, where 1 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 Abakou
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