Cocou Surname
Approximately 12,611 people bear this surname
Cocou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 11,751 | 1:8,301 | 1,288 |
| Benin | 768 | 1:13,458 | 1,835 |
| Ivory Coast | 64 | 1:360,488 | 12,777 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Cocou (8,611) may also be a first name.
Cocou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cocou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cocou is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Cocou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cocou? popularity and diffusion
Cocou is the 41,408th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 577,872 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cocou are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 67,710th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 8,611 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 11,751 people, or 1 in 8,301. Not including Ethiopia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 6 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Cocou
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