Karkou Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Karkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 50 | 1:206,712 | 19,428 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karkou (29) may also be a first name.
Karkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karkou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karkou is the 1,994,173rd most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Karkou live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Karkou is also the 1,951,561st most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 29 people.
This surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 206,712. In Benin Karkou is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 98 percent are found and Donga Department, where 2 percent are found. Other than Benin it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 19 percent are found and Greece, where 19 percent are found.
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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 Karkou
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