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
The last name Hankou (Arabic: هانكو) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Hankou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hankou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname 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 frequently occurring first name globally, held by 12 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Hankou is most common in: West Region, where 50 percent live, Littoral Region, where 37 percent live and Southwest Region, where 7 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 22 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live.
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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