Riskou Surname
Approximately 473 people bear this surname
Riskou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 154 | 1:250,854 | 27,101 |
| Cameroon | 113 | 1:183,797 | 19,288 |
| Niger | 107 | 1:179,365 | 6,287 |
| Greece | 98 | 1:113,059 | 18,998 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Riskou (287) may also be a first name.
Riskou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riskou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Riskou is found most in Algeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riskou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 642,034th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 15,407,074 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Riskou live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 34 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 522,011th most frequently occurring given name internationally It is held by 287 people.
It is most common in Algeria, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 250,854. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Ghardaïa Province, where 63 percent are found and Tamanghasset Province, where 37 percent are found. Beside Algeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 24 percent are found and Niger, where 23 percent are found.
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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 Riskou
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