Karakou Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Karakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 159 | 1:65,004 | 7,952 |
| Greece | 99 | 1:111,917 | 18,809 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Karakou (36) may also be a first name.
Karakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karakou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 988,329th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. The surname Karakou is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Karakou live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Karakou is also the 1,717,090th most numerous given name world-wide, held by 36 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 65,004. In Benin it is most common in: Borgou Department, where 79 percent reside, Donga Department, where 12 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 8 percent reside. Not including Benin it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 38 percent reside and Germany, where 0 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 Karakou
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