Barakatou Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Barakatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 139 | 1:132,029 | 3,599 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Barakatou (1,814) may also be a first name.
Barakatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barakatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Barakatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻛﺔ) is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Barakatou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Barakatou is the 1,343,156th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Barakatou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Barakatou is also the 179,273rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,814 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 132,029. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 91 percent live, Sud-Ouest Region, where 9 percent live and Centre-Est Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 7 percent live and Niger, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barakatu | 94 | 304 | / |
| Barakato | 94 | 1 | / |
| Bharakathu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Barakata | 82 | 32 | / |
| Baracato | 82 | 9 | / |
| Barokatu | 82 | 6 | / |
| Barracato | 78 | 340 | / |
| Baraccato | 78 | 1 | / |
| Barakatat | 78 | 1 | / |
| Barakatta | 78 | 1 | / |
| Barakaatee | 74 | 1 | / |
| Barakota | 71 | 153 | / |
| Barokotu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Barakhatiya | 70 | 1 | / |
| Barracata | 67 | 4 | / |
| Barakotta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Barakoota | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bourakouta | 63 | 1 | / |
| Vajrakottu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Vajrakatta | 63 | 1 | / |
| Vharakatai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Borakhatiya | 60 | 4 | / |
| Bharakoitay | 60 | 3 | / |
| Barakothiya | 60 | 2 | / |
| Borokoto | 59 | 6 | / |
| Vajrakota | 56 | 3 | / |
| Varacouta | 56 | 1 | / |
| Baroscotto | 53 | 3 | / |
Barakatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barakatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﻛﺔ | brkt | 81.82 |
| ﺑﺮﻛﺘﻮ | brktw | 12.12 |
| ﺑﺎﺭﻛﺔ | barkt | 6.06 |
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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 Barakatou
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