Ben Kou Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Ben Kou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 48 | 1:91,844 | 7,477 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Ben Kou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ben Kou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ben Kou is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Ben Kou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ben Kou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,776,799th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ben Kou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Ben Kou is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 91,844. In Liberia Ben Kou is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 96 percent reside, Gbarpolu County, where 2 percent reside and Margibi County, where 2 percent reside. Beside Liberia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Algeria, where 2 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
- 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 Ben Kou
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