Dekou Surname
Approximately 1,282 people bear this surname
Dekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Benin | 254 | 1:40,691 | 5,241 |
| Cameroon | 226 | 1:91,899 | 11,008 |
| Ivory Coast | 144 | 1:160,217 | 7,355 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Dekou (823) may also be a first name.
Dekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻛﻮ) is found most in Togo. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dekou is the 297,301st most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,684,513 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Dekou reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dekou is also the 284,830th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 823 people.
The last name Dekou is most prevalent in Togo, where it is held by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Other than Togo it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dekou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dekou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻛﻮ | dkw | - |
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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 Dekou
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