Gnako Surname

178,541st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Gnako Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gnako Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast1,8951:12,175992
Burkina Faso2171:84,5722,915
Cameroon1211:171,64518,315
Niger451:426,48911,711
Senegal441:331,3491,750
France341:1,953,609166,012
Benin291:356,40027,355
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gnako (1,459) may also be a first name.

Gnako Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gnako has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnako? popularity and diffusion

Gnako is the 178,541st most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,046,633 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Gnako reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnako is also the 204,108th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 1,459 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 1,895 people, or 1 in 12,175. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 34 percent reside, Gôh-Djiboua District, where 33 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 17 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 9 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gnakou912,446/
Gnatko91214/
Ngnako9198/
Gnakoa9163/
Gnacko9112/
Gnasko918/
Gnakoy916/
Gnakoî911/
Gnakoï911/
Gnakoh911/
Gnakoi911/
Ngnakou8352/
Gnashko839/
Gnoko80916/
Gnaka80600/
Gnaco8043/
Gneko8026/
N'Gnakou772/
Ginnakos771/
Ngnoko7355/
Gnacco7314/
Gnokoa739/
Gnoyko738/
Gnojko737/
Gnokou734/
Gnouko733/
Gnosko731/
Ngnaka731/
Gnèkou731/
Gnasco731/
Gnacou731/
Guinnakou7115/
Gennaco6762/
Ngnahka671/
Ngnouko671/
Gennaka671/
Gemnaka671/

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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 Gnako
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