Takoa Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Takoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 235 | 1:88,379 | 10,660 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
Takoa (96) may also be a first name.
Takoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Takoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Takoa (Arabic: تاكوي) is found most in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Takoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 893,754th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Takoa are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Takoa is also the 968,397th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 96 people.
The surname Takoa is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 88,379. In Cameroon Takoa is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 95 percent live, North Region, where 5 percent live and Centre Region, where 0 percent live. Not including Cameroon Takoa exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Takoa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Takoa in the Arabic language | ||
| تاكوي | takwy | - |
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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 Takoa
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