Tekou Surname
Approximately 2,335 people bear this surname
Tekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Benin | 682 | 1:15,155 | 2,057 |
| Cameroon | 584 | 1:35,563 | 4,778 |
| Greece | 56 | 1:197,853 | 31,389 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Tékou (1) are calculated separately.
Tekou (294) may also be a first name.
Tekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tekou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻜﻮ) is most common in Togo. It can appear as: Tékou. Click here for further possible spellings of Tekou.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 182,105th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,121,005 people. The last name Tekou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tekou live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 514,566th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 294 people.
The surname Tekou is most commonly used in Togo, where it is held by 945 people, or 1 in 7,670. Besides Togo this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 29 percent live and Cameroon, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tekou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tekou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻜﻮ | tkw | 88.24 |
| ﺗﻚ | tk | 11.76 |
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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 Tekou
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