Berkou Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Berkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Berkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Berkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Berkou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻛﻮ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Berkou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Berkou are found; 43 percent are found in North Africa and 43 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The surname Berkou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon Berkou is most frequent in: North Region, where 94 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 23 percent are found and Algeria, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Berkou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Berkou 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
- 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 Berkou
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