Atekou Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Atekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 180 | 1:57,420 | 7,121 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Atekou (83) may also be a first name.
Atekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Atekou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Atekou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,257,535th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Atekou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 83 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 57,420. In Benin Atekou is primarily concentrated in: Collines Department, where 59 percent live, Borgou Department, where 26 percent live and Zou Department, where 11 percent live. Not including Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent live and Togo, where 1 percent live.
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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 Atekou
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