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
The surname Berkou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻛﻮ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Berkou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Berkou is the 3,100,440th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Berkou are found; 43 percent are found in North Africa and 43 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon Berkou is most numerous in: North Region, where 94 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 23 percent live and Algeria, where 20 percent live.
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
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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 Berkou
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