Mounkou Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Mounkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Mounkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mounkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mounkou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mounkou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mounkou is the 2,979,664th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. Mounkou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mounkou live; 70 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Mounkou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 47 percent are found, West Region, where 43 percent are found and Centre Region, where 7 percent are found. Not including Cameroon Mounkou is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 26 percent are found and Benin, where 5 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
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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
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