Zinkou Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Zinkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Zinkou (10) may also be a first name.
Zinkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zinkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zinkou is most common in Benin. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zinkou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Zinkou reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zinkou is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,722,600. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 83 percent are found and Collines Department, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 11 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Zinkou
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