Chakou Surname
Approximately 1,100 people bear this surname
Chakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 823 | 1:46,940 | 8,203 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Chakou (283) may also be a first name.
Chakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chakou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺗﺸﺎﻛﻮ) occurs in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 335,329th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 6,625,042 people. Chakou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chakou are found; 97 percent are found in North Africa and 97 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 526,385th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 283 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 823 people, or 1 in 46,940. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Ouargla Province, where 82 percent live, Blida Province, where 17 percent live and Algiers Province, where 0 percent live. Not including Algeria Chakou occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 22 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chakou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chakou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺗﺸﺎﻛﻮ | atshakw | - |
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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
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- 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 Chakou
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