Fakourou Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Fakourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Fakourou (490) may also be a first name.
Fakourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fakourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fakourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻛﻮﺭﻭ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fakourou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,635,433rd most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Fakourou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Fakourou are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Fakourou is also the 383,918th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 490 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 99,875. In Mauritania Fakourou is most prevalent in: Gorgol Region, where 98 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Mauritania Fakourou occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facourou | 88 | 3 | / |
| Vakourou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fakoro | 86 | 30 | / |
| Fakuru | 86 | 18 | / |
| Fakarou | 80 | 67 | / |
| Fakoura | 80 | 4 | / |
| Fakuroo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fakoroa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fakourey | 75 | 22 | / |
| Fakourai | 75 | 11 | / |
| Fakoroye | 75 | 5 | / |
| Fakuroji | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fakuroye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fakourie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fokoro | 71 | 135 | / |
| Fakuoroye | 71 | 46 | / |
| Fakaro | 71 | 44 | / |
| Vakuru | 71 | 40 | / |
| Fakora | 71 | 30 | / |
| Fakhourie | 71 | 26 | / |
| Vakoro | 71 | 15 | / |
| Fakhuroji | 71 | 8 | / |
| Fakura | 71 | 6 | / |
| Facoro | 71 | 4 | / |
| Fakhouray | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fokuru | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fakourzai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Facorro | 67 | 216 | / |
| Fakaros | 67 | 105 | / |
| Fakurai | 67 | 62 | / |
| Vakarou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Foukaro | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fakharo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fakhora | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fakeero | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fakorei | 67 | 1 | / |
Fakourou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fakourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻛﻮﺭﻭ | fakwrw | 88.89 |
| ﻓﺎﻛﺮﻭ | fakrw | 11.11 |
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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 Fakourou
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