Vankou Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Vankou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Vankou (18) may also be a first name.
Vankou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vankou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vankou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻨﻜﻮ) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Vankou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vankou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vankou is the 5,587,209th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Vankou occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Vankou reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring forename internationally, held by 18 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,307,123. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly found in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 90 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 10 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent live and Mauritania, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vankou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vankou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻨﻜﻮ | fnkw | - |
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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 Vankou
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