Vakou Surname
Approximately 344 people bear this surname
Vakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 260 | 1:88,736 | 4,717 |
| Greece | 65 | 1:170,458 | 27,584 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 1:34,119 | 6,789 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Vakou (157) may also be a first name.
Vakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vakou occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Vakou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 811,192nd most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 21,184,726 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Vakou are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 732,696th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 157 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 260 people, or 1 in 88,736. In The Ivory Coast Vakou is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 31 percent live, Bas-Sassandra District, where 31 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 18 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast Vakou occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 19 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent live.
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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 Vakou
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