Chakirou Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Chakirou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chakirou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1031:100,34611,409
Ivory Coast211:1,098,63025,989
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Congo61:831,51616,072
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

Chakirou (1,084) may also be a first name.

Chakirou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chakirou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chakirou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chakirou? popularity and diffusion

Chakirou is the 1,391,595th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Chakirou are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chakirou is also the 242,513th most frequent given name world-wide, held by 1,084 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 100,346. In Benin Chakirou is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 59 percent live, Littoral Department, where 17 percent live and Plateau Department, where 17 percent live. Other than Benin this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live and Ethiopia, where 10 percent live.

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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 Chakirou
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