Koutougou Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Koutougou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Koutougou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin171:607,97736,930
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Koutougou (23) may also be a first name.

Koutougou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Koutougou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Koutougou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Koutougou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Koutougou is the 4,532,898th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Koutougou live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 23 people.

The last name Koutougou is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 607,977. In Benin Koutougou is mostly concentrated in: Alibori Department, where 59 percent live, Atakora Department, where 29 percent live and Borgou Department, where 6 percent live. Other than Benin Koutougou occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Niger, where 5 percent live.

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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 Koutougou
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