Bakolou Surname
Approximately 842 people bear this surname
Bakolou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bakolou (33) may also be a first name.
Bakolou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakolou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bakolou is held by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakolou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 413,768th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 8,655,043 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakolou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 33 people.
The last name Bakolou is most frequent in Togo, where it is borne by 840 people, or 1 in 8,628. Other than Togo it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 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 Bakolou
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