Ouankou Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Ouankou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Ouankou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouankou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ouankou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ouankou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouankou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ouankou is the 3,665,662nd most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ouankou are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 86 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Ouankou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Ouankou is most common in: Centre Region, where 92 percent are found, East Region, where 4 percent are found and West Region, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 3 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houankou | 93 | 2 | / |
| Gouankou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ouanko | 92 | 182 | / |
| Houanko | 86 | 13 | / |
| Ouangko | 86 | 3 | / |
| Gouanko | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ouankeu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oanko | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ouankoye | 80 | 5 | / |
| Yeounkou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ahounkou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Euanko | 77 | 4 | / |
| Goanko | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ouonko | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ouhounkou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gohounkou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ohounko | 71 | 20 | / |
| Gouanka | 71 | 12 | / |
| Ahonkou | 71 | 8 | / |
| Ouankap | 71 | 2 | / |
| Oangkut | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aïounko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hohounko | 67 | 33 | / |
| Ujjankop | 67 | 11 | / |
| Oanka | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yehounko | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gouankei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ahounkeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ajouanka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agiankou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahonkous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gahounko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouankah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yehonkou | 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 Ouankou
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