Loukou Surname
Approximately 32,626 people bear this surname
Loukou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 30,462 | 1:757 | 82 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Greece | 344 | 1:32,209 | 5,000 |
| Benin | 176 | 1:58,725 | 7,253 |
| Niger | 112 | 1:171,357 | 6,128 |
| Burkina Faso | 78 | 1:235,283 | 4,739 |
| Congo | 56 | 1:89,091 | 7,544 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Loukou (47,298) may also be a first name.
Loukou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loukou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Loukou is most common in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Loukou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Loukou is the 17,009th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 223,366 people. The last name Loukou occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Loukou reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 19,371st most widespread forename in the world, held by 47,298 people.
It is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 30,462 people, or 1 in 757. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 20 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 15 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 14 percent reside. Other than The Ivory Coast Loukou occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 4 percent reside and Greece, where 1 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 Loukou
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