Gnakou Surname
Approximately 2,446 people bear this surname
Gnakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 2,100 | 1:3,451 | 531 |
| Benin | 154 | 1:67,114 | 8,194 |
| Ivory Coast | 153 | 1:150,792 | 7,039 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Gnakou (574) may also be a first name.
Gnakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gnakou is found most frequently in Togo. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnakou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gnakou is the 175,211th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,979,373 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gnakou are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnakou is also the 349,810th most widespread forename globally. It is borne by 574 people.
The surname Gnakou is most numerous in Togo, where it is held by 2,100 people, or 1 in 3,451. Aside from Togo Gnakou is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 6 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gnakoue | 92 | 130 | / |
| Ngnakou | 92 | 52 | / |
| Gnako | 91 | 2,392 | / |
| N'Gnakou | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ngnakoue | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gnatko | 83 | 214 | / |
| Ngnako | 83 | 98 | / |
| Gnakoa | 83 | 63 | / |
| Gnacko | 83 | 12 | / |
| Gnakoe | 83 | 9 | / |
| Gnasko | 83 | 8 | / |
| Gnakoy | 83 | 6 | / |
| Gnokou | 83 | 4 | / |
| Gnakui | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gnacou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gnakoh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gnakoï | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gnakoi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gnakoî | 83 | 1 | / |
| Guinnakou | 80 | 15 | / |
| Gnakouehe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gnakoye | 77 | 20 | / |
| Ngnakeu | 77 | 16 | / |
| Gnokoue | 77 | 13 | / |
| Gnashko | 77 | 9 | / |
| Gnoko | 73 | 916 | / |
| Gnaka | 73 | 600 | / |
| Gnaco | 73 | 43 | / |
| Gnoukoue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngnoukou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ginnakos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngnoko | 67 | 55 | / |
| Gnouka | 67 | 22 | / |
| Gnacco | 67 | 14 | / |
| Gnokoa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gnokui | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gnoyko | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gnojko | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gnouko | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gnokoe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gnakie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnasco | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngnaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnosko | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gnakou
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