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
The last name Wainou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wainou? popularity and diffusion
Wainou is the 8,968,613th most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wainou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: North Region, where 67 percent are found and Far North Region, where 33 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 25 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 Wainou
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