Bekou Surname
Approximately 2,516 people bear this surname
Bekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Benin | 607 | 1:17,027 | 2,302 |
| Greece | 401 | 1:27,630 | 4,207 |
| Cameroon | 387 | 1:53,667 | 6,988 |
| Ivory Coast | 233 | 1:99,018 | 5,158 |
| Congo | 152 | 1:32,823 | 3,263 |
| Mauritania | 59 | 1:69,404 | 4,742 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Békou (1) are calculated separately.
Bekou (185) may also be a first name.
Bekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bekou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﻮ) occurs in Togo more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Békou. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekou? popularity and diffusion
Bekou is the 171,190th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,896,481 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Bekou reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 669,105th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 185 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Togo, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Apart from Togo Bekou exists in 22 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 24 percent reside and Greece, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bekou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﻮ | bkw | 88.89 |
| ﺑﻚ | bk | 11.11 |
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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 Bekou
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