Gankou Surname
Approximately 1,304 people bear this surname
Gankou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,137 | 1:9,090 | 1,265 |
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| Congo | 79 | 1:63,153 | 5,612 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gankou (707) may also be a first name.
Gankou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gankou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gankou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gankou is the 293,013th most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,588,609 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gankou reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 310,684th most numerous forename worldwide, held by 707 people.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 1,137 people, or 1 in 9,090. In Benin it is mostly found in: Borgou Department, where 53 percent live, Zou Department, where 21 percent live and Atakora Department, where 16 percent live. Not including Benin this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent live and The Congo, where 6 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 Gankou
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