Fekou Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Fekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 162 | 1:128,204 | 14,516 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Fekou (30) may also be a first name.
Fekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fekou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻜﻮ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fekou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,125,333rd most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname Fekou occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Fekou reside; 72 percent reside in Central Africa and 72 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Fekou is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 30 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 128,204. In Cameroon Fekou is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 73 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 16 percent are found and West Region, where 6 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 12 percent are found and Benin, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fekou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fekou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻜﻮ | fkw | - |
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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 Fekou
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