Benkou Surname
Approximately 1,031 people bear this surname
Benkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 732 | 1:52,775 | 9,071 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| France | 109 | 1:609,383 | 80,423 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Benkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Benkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Benkou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻜﻮ) is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Benkou? popularity and diffusion
Benkou is the 353,216th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,068,425 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Benkou are found; 87 percent are found in North Africa and 87 percent are found in Mahgreb.
Benkou is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 52,775. In Algeria Benkou is primarily concentrated in: Tlemcen Province, where 88 percent live and Aïn Témouchent Province, where 12 percent live. Not including Algeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 16 percent live and France, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Benkou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Benkou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻜﻮ | bnkw | - |
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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 Benkou
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