Seikou Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Seikou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 36 | 1:533,112 | 13,750 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Seikou (206) may also be a first name.
Seikou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seikou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seikou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻜﻮ) is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Seikou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seikou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Seikou is the 2,293,424th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Seikou are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Seikou is also the 630,600th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 206 people.
It is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 533,112. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 86 percent reside, Agadez Region, where 3 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Niger Seikou occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent reside and Mauritania, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seikou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seikou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻜﻮ | sykw | 78.26 |
| ﺻﻴﻜﻮ | sykw | 13.04 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﻮ | shykhw | 4.35 |
| ﺳﺎﻳﻜﻮ | saykw | 4.35 |
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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 Seikou
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