Vekou Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Vekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
Vekou (10) may also be a first name.
Vekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vekou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻜﻮ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vekou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Vekou are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Vekou is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name on earth, held by 10 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 227,492. In Mauritania Vekou is most frequent in: Tagant Region, where 61 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 28 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Greece, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vekou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vekou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻜﻮ | fkw | 57.14 |
| ﻓﻚ | fk | 28.57 |
| ﺍﻓﻜﻮ | afkw | 14.29 |
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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 Vekou
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