Pakoun Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Pakoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Pakoun (1,352) may also be a first name.
Pakoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pakoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pakoun is most common in Burkina Faso. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pakoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pakoun live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pakoun is also the 213,346th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,352 people.
The last name Pakoun is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 9,176,050. In Burkina Faso Pakoun is most numerous in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 50 percent are found and Centre Region, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Burkina Faso this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Togo, where 33 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 Pakoun
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