Idakou Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Idakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 402 | 1:25,710 | 3,450 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Idakou (28) may also be a first name.
Idakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Idakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Idakou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺩﺍﻙ) is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Idakou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Idakou is the 722,496th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Idakou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Idakou is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 28 people.
Idakou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 402 people, or 1 in 25,710. In Benin it is most numerous in: Atakora Department, where 93 percent reside, Donga Department, where 3 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 2 percent reside. Besides Benin it exists in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Idakou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Idakou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺩﺍﻙ | adak | - |
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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 Idakou
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