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
Kokou Political Affiliation
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Kokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kokou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻛﻮ) occurs more in Togo more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kokou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 18,558th most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 245,331 people. The surname Kokou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kokou are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kokou is also the 6,094th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 172,206 people.
It is most frequently held in Togo, where it is held by 12,495 people, or 1 in 580. Not including Togo it is found in 35 countries. It is also found 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 surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national 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
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- 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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