Berkisu Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Berkisu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Berkisu (199) may also be a first name.
Berkisu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Berkisu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Berkisu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Berkisu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Berkisu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Berkisu live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Berkisu is also the 642,605th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 199 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most common in: Nasarawa, where 75 percent live and Kwara, where 25 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent live.
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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 Berkisu
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