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 more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 252,519th most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,650,636 people. The last name Wanou 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. It is also the 401,195th most common given name in the world, borne by 454 people.
It is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 1,214 people, or 1 in 8,514. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 28 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 21 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 20 percent are found. Beside Benin Wanou exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 10 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
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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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