Begou Surname
Approximately 770 people bear this surname
Begou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 559 | 1:118,824 | 17,948 |
| Ivory Coast | 115 | 1:200,619 | 8,596 |
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Bégou (9) are calculated separately.
Begou (96) may also be a first name.
Begou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Begou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Begou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﻮ) is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Bégou. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Begou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 443,594th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,464,345 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Begou are found; 73 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Begou is also the 968,397th most commonly held given name in the world, borne by 96 people.
It is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 559 people, or 1 in 118,824. In France it is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 46 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 25 percent reside and Occitanie, where 10 percent reside. Besides France it exists in 16 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent reside and Niger, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Begou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Begou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﻮ | bkw | - |
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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 Begou
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