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 surname Takou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻛﻮ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Takou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 71,650th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,057,699 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Takou live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 158,595th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 2,222 people.
Takou is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 3,261 people, or 1 in 6,369. In Cameroon Takou is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 40 percent live, West Region, where 25 percent live and Littoral Region, where 22 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 28 percent live and Togo, where 12 percent live.
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
- 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 Takou
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