Parakou Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Parakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
Parakou (30) may also be a first name.
Parakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Parakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Parakou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Parakou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Parakou are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Parakou is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 30 people.
Parakou is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 2,067,120. In Benin Parakou is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 20 percent live. Besides Benin it exists in one country. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 44 percent live.
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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 Parakou
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