Wanamou Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Wanamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
Wanamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanamou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanamou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,882,912th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name Wanamou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanamou reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
Wanamou is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 284,508. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 59 percent live, Littoral Region, where 21 percent live and North Region, where 19 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 25 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 Wanamou
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