Wakhou Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Wakhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 180 | 1:80,996 | 968 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wakhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakhou is carried by more people in Senegal than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakhou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wakhou is the 1,202,518th most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wakhou live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Senegal, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 80,996. In Senegal it is mostly found in: Diourbel Region, where 69 percent reside, Dakar Region, where 25 percent reside and Louga Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Senegal Wakhou occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 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
- 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 Wakhou
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