Ranatou Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ranatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ranatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Ranatou (141) may also be a first name.

Ranatou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ranatou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ranatou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ranatou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ranatou live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 778,371st most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 141 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Ranatou is most frequent in: North Region, where 50 percent live, Northwest Region, where 25 percent live and West Region, where 25 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent live.

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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 Ranatou
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