Rikou Surname
Approximately 341 people bear this surname
Rikou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 135 | 1:76,560 | 9,134 |
| Niger | 121 | 1:158,612 | 5,735 |
| Greece | 56 | 1:197,853 | 31,389 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Rikou (53) may also be a first name.
Rikou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rikou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rikou (Russian: Рикоу) has its highest incidence in Benin. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rikou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rikou is the 816,514th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,371,102 people. The last name Rikou is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Rikou reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 53 people.
The last name Rikou is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 76,560. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 52 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 33 percent are found and Donga Department, where 7 percent are found. Barring Benin this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 35 percent are found and Greece, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rikou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rikou in the Russian language | ||
| Рикоу | rikou | - |
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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 Rikou
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