Likou Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Likou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 110 | 1:93,960 | 10,816 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Likou (67) may also be a first name.
Likou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Likou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Likou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Likou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,276,805th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name Likou occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Likou live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Likou is also the 1,191,548th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 67 people.
This surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 93,960. In Benin it is most common in: Kouffo Department, where 90 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 10 percent reside. Barring Benin Likou is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Likou
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