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
Bekoum is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bekoum is the 4,034,050th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Bekoum is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Bekoum reside; 83 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bekoum is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 14 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent reside, East Region, where 15 percent reside and Centre Region, where 10 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it is found in 4 countries. It is also found 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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