Bakoum Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Bakoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 76 | 1:135,995 | 14,517 |
| Senegal | 55 | 1:265,079 | 1,585 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bakoum (31) may also be a first name.
Bakoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakoum occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bakoum.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakoum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,359,010th most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bakoum are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bakoum is also the 1,874,099th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 31 people.
The last name Bakoum is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 135,995. In Benin Bakoum is primarily concentrated in: Donga Department, where 79 percent live, Borgou Department, where 16 percent live and Zou Department, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Benin Bakoum exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 34 percent live and Cameroon, where 9 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 Bakoum
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