Lankou Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Lankou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 41 | 1:468,098 | 12,501 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Lankou (363) may also be a first name.
Lankou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lankou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lankou is found most frequently in Niger. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lankou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lankou is the 2,808,717th most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lankou are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Lankou is also the 456,894th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 363 people.
The last name Lankou is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 468,098. In Niger it is most numerous in: Dosso Region, where 32 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 27 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 27 percent reside. Beside Niger this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 8 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Lankou
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