Balkissou Surname

95,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,989 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Balkissou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balkissou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon4,9601:4,187499
Niger151:1,279,46826,841
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Balkissou (7,520) may also be a first name.

Balkissou Last Name Facts

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

Balkissou is found most in Cameroon. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Balkissou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 95,391st most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,460,723 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Balkissou are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 74,096th most common first name in the world It is held by 7,520 people.

The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4,960 people, or 1 in 4,187. In Cameroon Balkissou is most frequent in: North Region, where 44 percent live, Far North Region, where 34 percent live and Centre Region, where 8 percent live. Other than Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 0 percent live and Chad, where 0 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
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  • 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 Balkissou
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