Ekou Surname
Approximately 3,922 people bear this surname
Ekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2,405 | 1:9,593 | 791 |
| Uganda | 660 | 1:59,150 | 6,896 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Congo | 71 | 1:70,269 | 6,097 |
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| Niger | 43 | 1:446,326 | 12,119 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekou (996) may also be a first name.
Ekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮ) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 117,413th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,858,120 people. Ekou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Ekou reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 255,009th most frequently held forename worldwide, held by 996 people.
The surname is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 2,405 people, or 1 in 9,593. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Lacs District, where 50 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 18 percent live and Lagunes District, where 10 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 percent live and Togo, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮ | akw | - |
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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 Ekou
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