Wandow Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Wandow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wandow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Wandow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wandow Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wandow is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wandow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wandow is the 5,587,209th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Wandow occurs mostly in Asia, where 42 percent of Wandow are found; 42 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 25 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Wandow is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Wandow is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 67 percent are found and Centre Region, where 33 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wandowe9221/
Wandowa921/
Wandouw921/
Wandouwe862/
Wandaw8382/
Vandow8316/
Wanduw833/
Wondow832/
Wandauw77122/
Wandoff7745/
Wandawe771/
Wandhoff7169/
Hwondowe711/
Bandov67256/
Vandov67133/
Bondow6735/
Wandav6710/
Wondaw671/
Vondow671/
Bandów671/
Bandob671/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wandow
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