Konkou Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Konkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 54 | 1:191,400 | 18,375 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Konkou (28) may also be a first name.
Konkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Konkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Konkou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻜﻮ) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Konkou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Konkou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,506,728th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Konkou reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held given name globally, borne by 28 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 191,400. In Benin Konkou is mostly found in: Borgou Department, where 87 percent reside and Donga Department, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Benin it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Konkou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Konkou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﻜﻮ | knkw | - |
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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 Konkou
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