Kekou Surname
Approximately 658 people bear this surname
Kekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 336 | 1:30,761 | 4,063 |
| Ivory Coast | 162 | 1:142,415 | 6,737 |
| Greece | 107 | 1:103,549 | 17,425 |
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Solomon Islands | 19 | 1:30,528 | 6,049 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kekou (120) may also be a first name.
Kekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kekou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻜﻮ) is found most frequently in Benin. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kekou is the 500,196th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 11,075,298 people. The surname Kekou occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Kekou are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kekou is also the 852,104th most frequently used given name throughout the world It is held by 120 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 336 people, or 1 in 30,761. In Benin Kekou is most numerous in: Kouffo Department, where 76 percent reside, Zou Department, where 7 percent reside and Plateau Department, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent reside and Greece, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kekou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kekou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻜﻮ | kkw | 80 |
| ﻛﻚ | kk | 20 |
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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 Kekou
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