Vikou Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Vikou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 283 | 1:36,522 | 4,720 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Vikou (25) may also be a first name.
Vikou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vikou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vikou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻚ, Hindi: विकोउ, Russian: Викоу) is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vikou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 862,604th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Vikou live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Vikou is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname Vikou is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 283 people, or 1 in 36,522. In Benin it is most frequent in: Mono Department, where 59 percent live, Zou Department, where 20 percent live and Littoral Department, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Benin Vikou exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 8 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vikou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vikou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻚ | fk | - |
| Vikou in the Hindi language | ||
| विकोउ | viko'u | - |
| Vikou in the Russian language | ||
| Викоу | vikou | - |
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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 Vikou
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