Bekoum Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Bekoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Bekoum (14) may also be a first name.
Bekoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bekoum is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bekoum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Bekoum is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Bekoum are found; 83 percent are found in Central Africa and 71 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 14 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon Bekoum is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent reside, East Region, where 15 percent reside and Centre Region, where 10 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 4 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 4 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
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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 Bekoum
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