Amakou Surname
Approximately 401 people bear this surname
Amakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 376 | 1:61,360 | 3,592 |
| South Sudan | 16 | 1:713,442 | 947 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Amakou (846) may also be a first name.
Amakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amakou occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amakou? popularity and diffusion
Amakou is the 725,073rd most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,173,431 people. Amakou is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Amakou are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 280,396th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 846 people.
The surname Amakou is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 376 people, or 1 in 61,360. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Comoé District, where 64 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 34 percent are found and Lacs District, where 1 percent are found. Outside of The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in South Sudan, where 4 percent are found and Benin, where 2 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 Amakou
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