Parkou Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Parkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 62 | 1:334,985 | 30,391 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Parkou (12) may also be a first name.
Parkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Parkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Parkou is most common in Cameroon. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Parkou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,414,640th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Parkou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Chadic Africa. Parkou is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used given name globally It is held by 12 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 334,985. In Cameroon Parkou is most common in: Far North Region, where 95 percent reside, North Region, where 3 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 2 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 Parkou
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