Hankou Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Hankou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Hankou (12) may also be a first name.
Hankou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hankou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hankou (Arabic: هانكو) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hankou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hankou is the 2,876,555th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Hankou are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Hankou is also the 3,306,491st most common first name globally, borne by 12 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Hankou is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 50 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 37 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 7 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 22 percent are found and Niger, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hankou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hankou in the Arabic language | ||
| هانكو | hankw | - |
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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 Hankou
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