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 found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kocou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kocou is the 101,083rd most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,560,837 people. Kocou is predominantly found 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 frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 8,657 people.
Kocou is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,737 people, or 1 in 35,640. Excluding Ethiopia this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common 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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