Gekou Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Gekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gekou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻜﻮ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gekou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gekou? popularity and diffusion
Gekou is the 5,057,639th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Gekou reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Gekou is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania Gekou is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 92 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 8 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 7 percent are found and Greece, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gekou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gekou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻜﻮ | kkw | - |
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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 Gekou
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