Chenkou Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Chenkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Chenkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chenkou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻨﻜﻮ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenkou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Chenkou is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Chenkou are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
Chenkou is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania Chenkou is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Taiwan, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chenkou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chenkou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻨﻜﻮ | shnkw | - |
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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 Chenkou
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