Ouanko Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Ouanko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 155 | 1:148,847 | 6,971 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
Ouanko (72) may also be a first name.
Ouanko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouanko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ouanko is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouanko? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ouanko is the 1,263,456th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Ouanko live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 72 people.
This last name is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 148,847. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 41 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 32 percent are found and Montagnes District, where 19 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast it exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouankou | 92 | 29 | / |
| Houanko | 92 | 13 | / |
| Ouangko | 92 | 3 | / |
| Gouanko | 92 | 1 | / |
| Oanko | 91 | 2 | / |
| Houankou | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gouankou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Euanko | 83 | 4 | / |
| Goanko | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ouonko | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ohounko | 77 | 20 | / |
| Gouanka | 77 | 12 | / |
| Ouankap | 77 | 2 | / |
| Aïounko | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ouankeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oanka | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hohounko | 71 | 33 | / |
| Ujjankop | 71 | 11 | / |
| Yehounko | 71 | 3 | / |
| Gahounko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ahounkou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ajouanka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gouankah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yeounkou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ohanka | 67 | 103 | / |
| Ajonko | 67 | 28 | / |
| Oyonko | 67 | 17 | / |
| Goanka | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ayonko | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ahonko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gohounkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oangka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohonko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojonko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouhounkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejonko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uhachenko | 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
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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 Ouanko
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