Salikou Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Salikou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 62 | 1:372,117 | 13,068 |
| Benin | 50 | 1:206,712 | 19,428 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Salikou (1,923) may also be a first name.
Salikou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salikou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salikou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻟﻴﻜﻮ) is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Salikou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,504,764th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. The surname Salikou is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Salikou reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 173,126th most widely held first name globally, held by 1,923 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 372,117. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Savanes District, where 47 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 23 percent live and Lacs District, where 10 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast Salikou exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 36 percent live and Niger, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salikou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salikou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻟﻴﻜﻮ | salykw | 75 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻜﻮ | salkw | 25 |
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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
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- 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 Salikou
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