Barakatu Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Barakatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Barakatu (1,678) may also be a first name.
Barakatu Demographics
Barakatu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Barakatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barakatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Barakatu (Hindi: बरकातू, Marathi: बराकातु) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Barakatu.
How Common Is The Last Name Barakatu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 885,573rd most common family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Barakatu reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 187,924th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 1,678 people.
The last name is most common in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Beside Ghana Barakatu occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and Kenya, where 3 percent are found.
Barakatu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Barakatu surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Barakatu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barakatu in the Hindi language | ||
| बरकातू | barakatu | 50 |
| बरकतु | barakatu | 50 |
| Barakatu in the Marathi language | ||
| बराकातु | barakatu | 50 |
| बरकतु | barakatu | 50 |
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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 Barakatu
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