Hokou Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Hokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 39 | 1:591,570 | 17,665 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Hokou (24) may also be a first name.
Hokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hokou occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Hokou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hokou? popularity and diffusion
Hokou is the 2,909,720th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Hokou is predominantly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Hokou reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 24 people.
The last name Hokou is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 591,570. In The Ivory Coast Hokou is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 62 percent live, Lagunes District, where 26 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 3 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 11 percent live and Togo, where 2 percent live.
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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 Hokou
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