Dakou Surname
Approximately 6,147 people bear this surname
Dakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3,707 | 1:2,788 | 339 |
| Togo | 1,470 | 1:4,930 | 918 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Niger | 213 | 1:90,103 | 3,805 |
| Greece | 151 | 1:73,376 | 12,358 |
| Ivory Coast | 83 | 1:277,967 | 10,712 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Dakou (3,177) may also be a first name.
Dakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dakou occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 79,371st most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,185,545 people. Dakou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Dakou reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dakou is also the 127,488th most common first name worldwide, held by 3,177 people.
The last name Dakou is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 3,707 people, or 1 in 2,788. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 86 percent live, Borgou Department, where 6 percent live and Collines Department, where 4 percent live. Beside Benin Dakou exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 24 percent live and Chad, where 8 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 Dakou
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