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 surname Wandow is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wandow? popularity and diffusion

Wandow is the 5,587,209th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 42 percent of Wandow reside; 42 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 25 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Wandow is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 67 percent live and Centre Region, where 33 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

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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