Dikou Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Dikou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 125 | 1:82,685 | 9,761 |
| Greece | 31 | 1:357,413 | 49,581 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
Dikou (80) may also be a first name.
Dikou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dikou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dikou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻳﻜﻮ) is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dikou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,173,425th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. Dikou is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Dikou live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dikou is also the 1,075,395th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 80 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 82,685. In Benin Dikou is primarily concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 50 percent are found, Zou Department, where 26 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Benin this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 15 percent are found and Mauritania, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dikou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dikou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻳﻜﻮ | dykw | 92.86 |
| ﺟﻜﻮ | jkw | 7.14 |
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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 Dikou
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