Takou Surname
Approximately 6,890 people bear this surname
Takou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3,261 | 1:6,369 | 777 |
| Benin | 1,930 | 1:5,355 | 706 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Greece | 492 | 1:22,520 | 3,302 |
| Ivory Coast | 137 | 1:168,403 | 7,617 |
| Indonesia | 86 | 1:1,537,781 | 102,932 |
| Niger | 53 | 1:362,114 | 10,354 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Takou (2,222) may also be a first name.
Takou Demographics
Average Takou Salary in
United States
$41,708 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Takou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Takou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Takou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻛﻮ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Takou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Takou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 71,650th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,057,699 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Takou are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Takou is also the 158,595th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,222 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 3,261 people, or 1 in 6,369. In Cameroon Takou is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 40 percent reside, West Region, where 25 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Takou exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 28 percent reside and Togo, where 12 percent reside.
Takou Last Name Statistics demography
Takou earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.34% less than the national average, earning $41,708 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Takou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Takou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻛﻮ | takw | 71.64 |
| ﺗﻜﻮ | tkw | 16.42 |
| ﺗﻚ | tk | 4.48 |
| ﻃﻜﻮ | tkw | 2.99 |
| ﺗﺎﻙ | tak | 2.99 |
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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 Takou
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