Hekou Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Hekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Hekou (512) may also be a first name.
Hekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hekou occurs most in Benin. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hekou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Hekou live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hekou is also the 373,684th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 512 people.
It is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 344,520. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Mono Department, where 90 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 3 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 3 percent reside. Barring Benin this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in China, where 5 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 5 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 Hekou
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