Gakou Surname
Approximately 15,834 people bear this surname
Gakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 10,906 | 1:1,556 | 155 |
| Senegal | 3,221 | 1:4,526 | 251 |
| Guinea | 342 | 1:34,602 | 560 |
| Ivory Coast | 279 | 1:82,693 | 4,460 |
| Cameroon | 244 | 1:85,119 | 10,334 |
| Benin | 215 | 1:48,073 | 6,085 |
| Burkina Faso | 195 | 1:94,113 | 3,050 |
| Congo | 85 | 1:58,695 | 5,228 |
| Spain | 77 | 1:607,169 | 28,212 |
| Mauritania | 61 | 1:67,129 | 4,615 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Greece | 32 | 1:346,243 | 48,387 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Gakou (1,467) may also be a first name.
Gakou Demographics
Average Gakou Salary in
United States
$23,558 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gakou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻛﻮ) occurs in Mali more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gakou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gakou is the 33,539th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 460,247 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gakou are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Mande Africa. Gakou is also the 203,350th most commonly occurring given name internationally It is held by 1,467 people.
The surname Gakou is most common in Mali, where it is borne by 10,906 people, or 1 in 1,556. Other than Mali this last name is found in 31 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 20 percent are found and Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Gakou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gakou are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.
The amount Gakou earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 45.4% less than the national average, earning $23,558 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.49% less than the national average, earning $28,076 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gakou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gakou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻛﻮ | kakw | 93.75 |
| ﺟﺎﻛﻮ | jakw | 6.25 |
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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 Gakou
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