Wainou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Wainou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Wainou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wainou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wainou is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wainou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wainou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Wainou is most common in: North Region, where 67 percent reside and Far North Region, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Wainou occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Wainou
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