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
Parkou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Parkou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,414,640th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. Parkou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Parkou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 334,985. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 95 percent reside, North Region, where 3 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Parkou exists in one country. It also occurs 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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