Foukou Surname
Approximately 322 people bear this surname
Foukou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 180 | 1:115,384 | 13,316 |
| Congo | 107 | 1:46,627 | 4,334 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Foukou (45) may also be a first name.
Foukou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foukou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foukou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foukou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Foukou is the 849,693rd most prevalent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Foukou reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Foukou is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 45 people.
Foukou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 115,384. In Cameroon Foukou is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 40 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 31 percent reside and West Region, where 15 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 33 percent reside and Niger, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Foukou
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