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 surname Karkou has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkou? popularity and diffusion
Karkou is the 1,994,173rd most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname Karkou occurs mostly 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 frequently occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 29 people.
The last name Karkou is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 206,712. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 98 percent are found and Donga Department, where 2 percent are found. Barring Benin this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found 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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