Bekrou Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Bekrou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bekrou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast2351:98,1755,114
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
England21:27,859,030389,889
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
France11:66,422,722504,397

Bekrou (42) may also be a first name.

Bekrou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bekrou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bekrou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻜﺮﻭ) occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bekrou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 990,978th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Bekrou are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bekrou is also the 1,566,439th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 42 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 98,175. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly concentrated in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 41 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 26 percent reside and Montagnes District, where 15 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 3 percent reside and Algeria, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Beikrou921/
Bekro9127/
Bekru9120/
Biekro83348/
Beakro839/
Bhekru832/
Becrou831/
Beckrop7715/
Beckrud778/
Bekross772/
Bekkrus772/
Bekrauy771/
Becrouh771/
Bekra7328/
Bikro737/
Bikru733/
Becro731/
Becru731/
Vekru731/
Beckroth7115/
Beckcruz711/
Boykrouh711/
Beckroid710/
Baikro67550/
Bekrat6723/
Bikroh678/
Bekrad673/
Bekhra672/
Bikrus671/
Bekrai671/
Biekra671/
Biokro671/
Bekkra671/
Bhikru671/
Beekra671/

Bekrou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bekrou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻨﻜﺮﻭbnkrw50
ﺑﻜﺮﻭbkrw50

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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 Bekrou
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