Bourakou Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Bourakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 331 | 1:31,225 | 4,110 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Bourakou (49) may also be a first name.
Bourakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bourakou is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourakou? popularity and diffusion
Bourakou is the 832,284th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bourakou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bourakou is also the 1,430,306th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 49 people.
It is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 331 people, or 1 in 31,225. In Benin Bourakou is most numerous in: Alibori Department, where 77 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 20 percent are found and Donga Department, where 2 percent are found. Other than Benin this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The Congo, where 0 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 Bourakou
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