Wanso Surname
Approximately 809 people bear this surname
Wanso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 574 | 1:36,183 | 4,871 |
| Thailand | 162 | 1:436,039 | 76,421 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Wanso (134) may also be a first name.
Wanso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanso is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanso? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 427,014th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,008,091 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Wanso reside; 37 percent reside in West Africa and 27 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 800,975th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 134 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 574 people, or 1 in 36,183. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 54 percent live, North Region, where 27 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 20 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Wanso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wanso has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wanso last name decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wanso
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