Bancole Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Bancole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 275 | 1:37,584 | 4,847 |
| Senegal | 15 | 1:971,956 | 3,098 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bancolé (1) are calculated separately.
Bancole (15) may also be a first name.
Bancole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bancole Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bancole has its highest incidence in Benin. It can appear as a variant: Bancolé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bancole? popularity and diffusion
Bancole is the 858,879th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bancole live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread given name on earth, borne by 15 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 275 people, or 1 in 37,584. In Benin Bancole is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Department, where 37 percent live, Zou Department, where 28 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 17 percent live. Outside of Benin it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 5 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live.
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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 Bancole
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