Bokou Surname
Approximately 829 people bear this surname
Bokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 248 | 1:44,677 | 7,282 |
| Benin | 141 | 1:73,302 | 8,816 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Burkina Faso | 105 | 1:174,782 | 4,105 |
| Ivory Coast | 105 | 1:219,726 | 9,142 |
| Cameroon | 84 | 1:247,251 | 24,294 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Bokou (106) may also be a first name.
Bokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bokou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻛﻮ) is found in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokou? popularity and diffusion
Bokou is the 418,906th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,790,767 people. The surname Bokou is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Bokou are found; 37 percent are found in West Africa and 37 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 915,176th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 106 people.
The surname is most frequent in Greece, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 44,677. In Greece Bokou is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 27 percent reside, Peloponnese, where 19 percent reside and Epirus, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Greece it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bokou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bokou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻛﻮ | bakw | - |
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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 Bokou
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