Ankou Surname
Approximately 3,291 people bear this surname
Ankou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 3,045 | 1:2,380 | 305 |
| Ivory Coast | 68 | 1:339,283 | 12,260 |
| Niger | 67 | 1:286,448 | 8,737 |
| Benin | 29 | 1:356,400 | 27,355 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
Ankou (5,671) may also be a first name.
Ankou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ankou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ankou (Russian: Анькоу) is found most in Togo. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ankou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 136,399th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,214,386 people. The surname Ankou occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ankou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 88,821st most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 5,671 people.
This surname is most frequent in Togo, where it is carried by 3,045 people, or 1 in 2,380. Aside from Togo it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ankou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ankou in the Russian language | ||
| Анькоу | ankou | - |
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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 Ankou
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