Somakou Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Somakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 175 | 1:59,061 | 7,296 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Somakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Somakou is found most frequently in Benin. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Somakou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Somakou is the 1,281,391st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Somakou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Somakou is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 59,061. In Benin Somakou is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 49 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 26 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin Somakou exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Greece, where 1 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 Somakou
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