Bourkou Surname
Approximately 3,198 people bear this surname
Bourkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 2,985 | 1:4,554 | 714 |
| Algeria | 146 | 1:264,600 | 27,597 |
| Cameroon | 59 | 1:352,018 | 31,532 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Bourkou (3,496) may also be a first name.
Bourkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bourkou occurs in Chad more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bourkou.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourkou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bourkou is the 139,694th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,278,782 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bourkou reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 120,095th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 3,496 people.
The last name is most common in Chad, where it is carried by 2,985 people, or 1 in 4,554. Excluding Chad this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 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 Bourkou
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