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
The last name Kekou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻜﻮ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kekou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekou? popularity and diffusion
Kekou is the 500,196th most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 11,075,298 people. The surname Kekou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Kekou live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 852,104th most frequently held forename worldwide It is held by 120 people.
It is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 30,761. In Benin Kekou is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 76 percent reside, Zou Department, where 7 percent reside and Plateau Department, where 5 percent reside. Barring Benin it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Kekou
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