Wambou Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Wambou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 90 | 1:230,767 | 23,017 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Wambou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wambou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wambou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wambou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,839,022nd most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Wambou reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 86 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 230,767. In Cameroon Wambou is most common in: Centre Region, where 44 percent live, Littoral Region, where 28 percent live and West Region, where 20 percent live. Not including Cameroon Wambou is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
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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 Wambou
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