Wankou Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Wankou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 109 | 1:190,542 | 19,833 |
| Benin | 100 | 1:103,356 | 11,687 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wankou (515) may also be a first name.
Wankou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wankou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wankou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wankou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,140,742nd most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wankou live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wankou is also the 372,418th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 515 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 190,542. In Cameroon Wankou is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 44 percent live, Littoral Region, where 28 percent live and West Region, where 23 percent live. Besides Cameroon Wankou is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 47 percent live and Niger, where 0 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 Wankou
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