Kocou Surname
Approximately 4,669 people bear this surname
Kocou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,737 | 1:35,640 | 4,079 |
| Benin | 1,836 | 1:5,629 | 738 |
| Ivory Coast | 74 | 1:311,773 | 11,581 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kocou (8,657) may also be a first name.
Kocou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kocou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kocou is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kocou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 101,083rd most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,560,837 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kocou are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 59 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kocou is also the 67,459th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 8,657 people.
It is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,737 people, or 1 in 35,640. Outside of Ethiopia this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 39 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 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 Kocou
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