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
The surname Barakatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻛﺔ) has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Barakatou.
How Common Is The Last Name Barakatou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,343,156th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. This last name is predominantly found 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 widespread given name throughout the world It is held by 1,814 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 132,029. In Burkina Faso Barakatou is most frequent 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 Barakatou is found 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
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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 Barakatou
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