Wanou Surname
Approximately 1,567 people bear this surname
Wanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,214 | 1:8,514 | 1,170 |
| Niger | 157 | 1:122,242 | 4,752 |
| Cameroon | 122 | 1:170,238 | 18,185 |
| Ivory Coast | 49 | 1:470,841 | 15,263 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wanou (454) may also be a first name.
Wanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 252,519th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,650,636 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wanou reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wanou is also the 401,195th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 454 people.
The surname is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 1,214 people, or 1 in 8,514. In Benin Wanou is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 28 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 21 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 20 percent live. Not including Benin this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 10 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 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 Wanou
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