Banjougou Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Banjougou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Banjougou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania1391:29,4592,454
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Banjougou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Banjougou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Banjougou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻧﺠﻮﻛﻮ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Banjougou.

How Common Is The Last Name Banjougou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,497,948th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Banjougou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

Banjougou is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 29,459. In Mauritania Banjougou is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 29 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 23 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 22 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Banjougou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Banjougou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﺎﻧﺠﻮﻛﻮbanjwkw75
ﺑﺎﻧﺠﻮﻙbanjwk15
ﺑﺎﻧﺠﻮﻕbanjwq6.67
ﺑﺎﻧﺠﻮﻗﻮbanjwqw1.67
ﺑﺎﻧﺠﻜﻮbanjkw1.67

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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
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  • 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 Banjougou
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