Chicoto Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Chicoto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chicoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin2181:47,4116,011
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chicoto Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chicoto is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chicoto? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,101,507th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chicoto are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 218 people, or 1 in 47,411. In Benin Chicoto is primarily found in: Collines Department, where 83 percent are found, Zou Department, where 10 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 3 percent are found. Not including Benin it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and Niger, where 0 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
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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 Chicoto
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