Shakou Surname
Approximately 585 people bear this surname
Shakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 388 | 1:11,724 | 2,243 |
| Jordan | 156 | 1:56,682 | 5,375 |
| Iran | 39 | 1:1,968,783 | 70,616 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Shakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shakou is more frequently found in Palestine than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 546,987th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,457,343 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shakou are found; 93 percent are found in West Asia and 93 percent are found in Levant.
The surname is most frequently used in Palestine, where it is held by 388 people, or 1 in 11,724. In Palestine Shakou is mostly concentrated in: Nablus Governorate, where 100 percent are found. Not including Palestine Shakou is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 27 percent are found and Iran, where 7 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 Shakou
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