Beakou Surname
Approximately 566 people bear this surname
Beakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 317 | 1:32,604 | 4,272 |
| Ivory Coast | 234 | 1:98,595 | 5,139 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Béakou (1) are calculated separately.
Beakou (41) may also be a first name.
Beakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Beakou is found most in Benin. It can occur as a variant: Béakou. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beakou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 560,645th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 12,875,523 people. The surname Beakou occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Beakou reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Beakou is also the 1,590,275th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 41 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 32,604. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 66 percent live, Zou Department, where 14 percent live and Littoral Department, where 7 percent live. Outside of Benin this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 41 percent live and France, where 2 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
- 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 Beakou
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