Lokou Surname
Approximately 5,251 people bear this surname
Lokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 4,620 | 1:1,569 | 163 |
| Ivory Coast | 387 | 1:59,616 | 3,505 |
| Kenya | 106 | 1:435,659 | 23,420 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Lokou (342) may also be a first name.
Lokou Demographics
Lokou Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lokou is borne by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lokou? popularity and diffusion
Lokou is the 91,187th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,387,840 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Lokou live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lokou is also the 472,030th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 342 people.
This surname is most widely held in Togo, where it is held by 4,620 people, or 1 in 1,569. Without taking into account Togo this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent live and Kenya, where 2 percent live.
Lokou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Lokou last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Lokou earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.9% less than the national average, earning $37,583 USD per year.
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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 Lokou
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