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 occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karkou is the 1,994,173rd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Karkou reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Karkou is also the 1,951,561st most numerous given name in the world. It is borne by 29 people.
This last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 206,712. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 98 percent reside and Donga Department, where 2 percent reside. Barring Benin it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 19 percent reside and Greece, where 19 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 Karkou
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