Lonkou Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Lonkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Lonkou (771) may also be a first name.
Lonkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lonkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lonkou is most common in Benin. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lonkou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lonkou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 295,600th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 771 people.
The surname Lonkou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 492,172. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Alibori Department, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and Niger, where 4 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 Lonkou
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