Wanko Surname
Approximately 3,121 people bear this surname
Wanko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,201 | 1:17,293 | 2,364 |
| United States | 633 | 1:572,605 | 46,957 |
| Thailand | 429 | 1:164,658 | 26,399 |
| Austria | 375 | 1:22,708 | 3,577 |
| Papua New Guinea | 182 | 1:44,801 | 5,515 |
| Germany | 152 | 1:529,641 | 44,407 |
| Poland | 49 | 1:775,689 | 62,719 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Wankó (2) & Wańko (1) are calculated separately.
Wanko (460) may also be a first name.
Wanko Demographics
Average Wanko Salary in
United States
$50,871 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wanko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanko is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Wankó or Wańko. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanko? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 142,558th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,335,003 people. The last name Wanko is mostly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Wanko live; 38 percent live in Central Africa and 38 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wanko is also the 397,789th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 460 people.
Wanko is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,201 people, or 1 in 17,293. In Cameroon Wanko is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 46 percent are found, West Region, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 23 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Thailand, where 14 percent are found.
Wanko Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wanko has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wanko surname increased 63,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wanko Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wanko last name are 1.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.94% registered with the party.
Wanko earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.9% more than the national average, earning $50,871 USD per year.
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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 Wanko
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