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) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hankou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,876,555th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Hankou live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Hankou is also the 3,306,491st most common given name internationally It is held by 12 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Hankou is primarily found 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 this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common 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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