Bakoa Surname
Approximately 1,494 people bear this surname
Bakoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 672 | 1:27,310 | 1,637 |
| Cameroon | 405 | 1:51,282 | 6,710 |
| India | 246 | 1:3,118,152 | 92,229 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Kiribati | 4 | 1:28,352 | 669 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Bakoà (1) are calculated separately.
Bakoa (86) may also be a first name.
Bakoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakoa is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Bakoà. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakoa? popularity and diffusion
Bakoa is the 262,445th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,877,875 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Bakoa reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bakoa is also the 1,032,266th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 86 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 672 people, or 1 in 27,310. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 91 percent reside, Centre Region, where 5 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 27 percent reside and India, where 16 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
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