Wakou Surname
Approximately 711 people bear this surname
Wakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 261 | 1:79,575 | 9,757 |
| Niger | 218 | 1:88,037 | 3,734 |
| Uganda | 183 | 1:213,329 | 16,733 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
Wakou (131) may also be a first name.
Wakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wakou is the 471,721st most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,249,713 people. Wakou is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Wakou are found; 41 percent are found in West Africa and 32 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Wakou is also the 811,108th most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 131 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 79,575. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 69 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 15 percent are found and North Region, where 13 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 31 percent are found and Uganda, where 26 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
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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
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