Rakou Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Rakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Greece | 12 | 1:923,316 | 84,525 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rakou (159) may also be a first name.
Rakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rakou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Rakou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,765,740th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Rakou are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 727,628th most commonly occurring given name in the world It is held by 159 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 250,230. In Cameroon Rakou is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 11 percent reside and Benin, where 4 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 Rakou
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