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 more in Chad more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bourkou.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourkou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 139,694th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,278,782 people. The surname Bourkou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bourkou are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 120,095th most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 3,496 people.
Bourkou is most frequent in Chad, where it is carried by 2,985 people, or 1 in 4,554. Other than Chad this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 5 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
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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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