Issakou Surname
Approximately 4,248 people bear this surname
Issakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 2,882 | 1:6,659 | 547 |
| Benin | 965 | 1:10,710 | 1,475 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Issakou (2,398) may also be a first name.
Issakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Issakou is most common in Niger. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Issakou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Issakou is the 109,544th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,715,524 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Issakou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 151,556th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 2,398 people.
The last name Issakou is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 2,882 people, or 1 in 6,659. In Niger Issakou is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 83 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 9 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Niger this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 23 percent reside and Chad, where 9 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
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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 Issakou
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