Alekou Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Alekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 160 | 1:69,249 | 11,632 |
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| Cyprus | 20 | 1:44,244 | 4,510 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alekou (43) may also be a first name.
Alekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alekou is held by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alekou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alekou is the 933,049th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. Alekou occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Alekou reside; 64 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 64 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 1,545,828th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 43 people.
It is most commonly held in Greece, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 69,249. In Greece it is most numerous in: Attica, where 51 percent are found, Central Macedonia, where 25 percent are found and Thessaly, where 21 percent are found. Other than Greece this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and Niger, where 10 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 Alekou
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