Kirikou Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Kirikou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 173 | 1:59,743 | 7,383 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kirikou (416) may also be a first name.
Kirikou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kirikou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kirikou is most common in Benin. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kirikou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,202,518th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kirikou reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kirikou is also the 421,501st most commonly held first name globally, borne by 416 people.
Kirikou is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 59,743. In Benin it is primarily found in: Borgou Department, where 46 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 36 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent are found and Greece, where 2 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 Kirikou
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