Bekoa Surname
Approximately 507 people bear this surname
Bekoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 457 | 1:45,447 | 5,977 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Bekoa (23) may also be a first name.
Bekoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bekoa occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bekoa is the 609,992nd most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,373,858 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Bekoa reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held forename globally, held by 23 people.
Bekoa is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 457 people, or 1 in 45,447. In Cameroon Bekoa is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 90 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 3 percent reside and South Region, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 9 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Bekoa
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