Kougou Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Kougou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kougou (51) may also be a first name.
Kougou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kougou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kougou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kougou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,637,889th most common last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. Kougou is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kougou reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kougou is also the 1,396,783rd most widespread first name internationally, borne by 51 people.
The last name Kougou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 187,920. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 51 percent are found, Donga Department, where 18 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Benin this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 43 percent are found and Niger, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Kougou
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