Adekou Surname
Approximately 1,157 people bear this surname
Adekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Benin | 405 | 1:25,520 | 3,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Adekou (16) may also be a first name.
Adekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adekou occurs most in Togo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Adekou.
How Common Is The Last Name Adekou? popularity and diffusion
Adekou is the 322,477th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 6,298,657 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Adekou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adekou is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 16 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Togo, where it is carried by 735 people, or 1 in 9,861. Other than Togo it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 35 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, 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 Adekou
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