Bakatou Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Niger

Bakatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Bakatou (17) may also be a first name.

Bakatou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bakatou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bakatou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bakatou.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakatou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bakatou is the 10,311,814th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakatou reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 17 people.

The last name Bakatou is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: East Region, where 100 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 33 percent are found and Nigeria, where 33 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 Bakatou
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