Bankoura Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Bankoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Bankoura (13) may also be a first name.
Bankoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bankoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bankoura is held by more people in Senegal than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bankoura? popularity and diffusion
Bankoura is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bankoura live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Bankoura is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 13 people.
The surname Bankoura is most frequent in Senegal, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 7,289,671. In Senegal Bankoura is most numerous in: Sédhiou Region, where 50 percent are found and Tambacounda Region, where 50 percent are found. Not including Senegal it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 25 percent are found and Niger, where 25 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 Bankoura
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