Bekourou Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Bekourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 153 | 1:67,553 | 8,223 |
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
Bekourou (32) may also be a first name.
Bekourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bekourou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bekourou.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekourou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,038,570th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bekourou reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bekourou is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used first name globally, held by 32 people.
The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 67,553. In Benin Bekourou is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 72 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 27 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 36 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bekorou | 93 | 7 | / |
| Becourou | 88 | 4 | / |
| Bekoro | 86 | 35 | / |
| Bekuru | 86 | 20 | / |
| Bikouro | 80 | 17 | / |
| Bekoura | 80 | 12 | / |
| Bekarou | 80 | 4 | / |
| Biekoro | 80 | 1 | / |
| Beskoro | 80 | 1 | / |
| Beikoura | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bekouray | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beykoura | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beckurru | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bikoro | 71 | 985 | / |
| Bekura | 71 | 29 | / |
| Bikuru | 71 | 26 | / |
| Becoro | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bikuro | 71 | 1 | / |
| Becgkoura | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baikoro | 67 | 2,738 | / |
| Biokoro | 67 | 1,020 | / |
| Bescoro | 67 | 170 | / |
| Bekaroe | 67 | 68 | / |
| Bikoura | 67 | 56 | / |
| Bekaroo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Baykoro | 67 | 16 | / |
| Baykuru | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bitkuru | 67 | 3 | / |
| Baikuru | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bekurai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bekuray | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bekurye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beikura | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bekairo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Becurro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boikoro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bikkoro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bescuro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bikoroo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bikauru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bekurie | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bekourou
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