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 more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amakou? popularity and diffusion
Amakou is the 725,073rd most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 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 frequent first name globally It is held by 846 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 376 people, or 1 in 61,360. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Comoé District, where 64 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 34 percent reside and Lacs District, where 1 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in South Sudan, where 4 percent reside and Benin, where 2 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 Amakou
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