Atacora Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Atacora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 347 | 1:29,786 | 3,935 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Atacora (53) may also be a first name.
Atacora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atacora Come From? nationality or country of origin
Atacora occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Atacora click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atacora? popularity and diffusion
Atacora is the 804,502nd most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 20,941,224 people. Atacora is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Atacora are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Atacora is also the 1,366,219th most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 53 people.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 347 people, or 1 in 29,786. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Donga Department, where 82 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 6 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Benin it is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atacoura | 93 | 7 | / |
| Attacora | 93 | 2 | / |
| Atakora | 86 | 10,677 | / |
| Otacora | 86 | 4 | / |
| Atacori | 86 | 1 | / |
| Atocora | 86 | 1 | / |
| Attakora | 80 | 1,918 | / |
| Atakorah | 80 | 1,568 | / |
| Atakoura | 80 | 22 | / |
| Ataucori | 80 | 1 | / |
| Attakorah | 75 | 1,828 | / |
| Astakhora | 75 | 1 | / |
| Attoucora | 75 | 1 | / |
| Attakoura | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aattakora | 75 | 1 | / |
| Atakore | 71 | 855 | / |
| Atakara | 71 | 206 | / |
| Atakoro | 71 | 93 | / |
| Atakura | 71 | 36 | / |
| Etacoro | 71 | 22 | / |
| Atekara | 71 | 18 | / |
| Atakera | 71 | 12 | / |
| Attoucoura | 71 | 6 | / |
| Atacuri | 71 | 4 | / |
| Etacara | 71 | 4 | / |
| Atokura | 71 | 3 | / |
| Atokora | 71 | 3 | / |
| Atokara | 71 | 2 | / |
| Atajara | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otacara | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ataqore | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ataucuri | 67 | 949 | / |
| Attasara | 67 | 418 | / |
| Ataucure | 67 | 82 | / |
| Attokora | 67 | 65 | / |
| Ataucury | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hatakera | 67 | 6 | / |
| Attakori | 67 | 6 | / |
| Attakara | 67 | 6 | / |
| Atakaraj | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aitakara | 67 | 5 | / |
| Atakarah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Atakoriy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hatakara | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aitakore | 67 | 3 | / |
| Atascari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahtakore | 67 | 1 | / |
| Astakura | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adtasara | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Atacora
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