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Benkum

/BEN-koom/Akan · a boy or girl’s name

Left side; left wing, including the traditional Akan Benkum political or lineage division.

How to say it
BEN-koom
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire
How common
rare · also a surname