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
The surname Riskou is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riskou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Riskou is the 642,034th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,407,074 people. The surname Riskou is primarily 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 widespread first name on earth It is held by 287 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 250,854. In Algeria Riskou is most common in: Ghardaïa Province, where 63 percent live and Tamanghasset Province, where 37 percent live. Outside of Algeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 24 percent live and Niger, where 23 percent live.
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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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