Kokou Surname
Approximately 29,705 people bear this surname
Kokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 12,495 | 1:580 | 30 |
| Ethiopia | 12,395 | 1:7,870 | 1,227 |
| Benin | 2,899 | 1:3,565 | 449 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 652 | 1:35,385 | 2,343 |
| Nigeria | 104 | 1:1,703,296 | 62,619 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| Cyprus | 21 | 1:42,137 | 4,231 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Kokou (172,206) may also be a first name.
Kokou Demographics
Average Kokou Salary in
United States
$28,050 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kokou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻛﻮ) has its highest incidence in Togo. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kokou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 18,558th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 245,331 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kokou live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kokou is also the 6,094th most commonly held forename at a global level, held by 172,206 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Togo, where it is borne by 12,495 people, or 1 in 580. Not including Togo this surname is found in 35 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 42 percent live and Benin, where 10 percent live.
Kokou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kokou last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.
Kokou earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.99% less than the national average, earning $28,050 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kokou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kokou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻛﻮ | kwkw | - |
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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 Kokou
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