Berekou Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Berekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Berekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Berekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Berekou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻛﻮ) is more frequently found in Togo than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Berekou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Berekou is the 671,677th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 16,376,508 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Berekou reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Togo, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Excluding Togo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 3 percent live and Mauritania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Berekou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Berekou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﻛﻮ | brkw | - |
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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 Berekou
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