Bogou Surname
Approximately 517 people bear this surname
Bogou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 329 | 1:70,125 | 3,951 |
| Benin | 101 | 1:102,333 | 11,607 |
| Niger | 47 | 1:408,341 | 11,310 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bogou (221) may also be a first name.
Bogou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bogou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bogou occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bogou? popularity and diffusion
Bogou is the 601,015th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,095,833 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Bogou live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 606,684th most common first name internationally, borne by 221 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 329 people, or 1 in 70,125. In The Ivory Coast Bogou is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 35 percent are found, Bas-Sassandra District, where 28 percent are found and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 20 percent are found and Niger, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Bogou
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