Wagou Surname
Approximately 518 people bear this surname
Wagou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 308 | 1:67,432 | 8,504 |
| Benin | 178 | 1:58,065 | 7,178 |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | 1:887,355 | 22,826 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Wagou (210) may also be a first name.
Wagou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wagou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wagou occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wagou.
How Common Is The Last Name Wagou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wagou is the 600,164th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,068,621 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Wagou live; 59 percent live in Central Africa and 59 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wagou is also the 624,169th most frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 210 people.
The last name Wagou is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 308 people, or 1 in 67,432. In Cameroon Wagou is primarily concentrated in: West Region, where 38 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 34 percent are found and Centre Region, where 24 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 34 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Wagou
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