Wantoe Surname

385,006th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 923 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wantoe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wantoe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia9091:4,850593
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wantoe (25) may also be a first name.

Wantoe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wantoe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wantoe is found most frequently in Liberia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wantoe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wantoe is the 385,006th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 7,895,499 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wantoe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Wantoe is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 25 people.

The surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is borne by 909 people, or 1 in 4,850. In Liberia Wantoe is most frequent in: Nimba County, where 70 percent live, Montserrado County, where 17 percent live and Grand Bassa County, where 5 percent live. Outside of Liberia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.

Wantoe Last Name Statistics demography

Wantoe earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 58.57% less than the national average, earning $17,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wanthoe921/
Wantou83284/
Wontoe83166/
Wantoo8343/
Wantae8314/
Wanteu834/
Vantoe831/
Wantahe77536/
Wanthae77168/
Wuantou7712/
Wantous7712/
Wonthoe778/
Beantoe776/
Wontoet774/
Uantoep774/
Bantoey773/
Wantaoa771/
Whantae771/
Wantu73880/
Vantoest719/
Wanthahe711/
Hwanthae711/
Wontoher711/
Bantou67456/
Wanthu67170/
Wantui6754/
Vantou6723/
Vantae6720/
Wontou6719/
Wamtou6719/
Banteu6714/
Vantoo6711/
Wantut677/
Womtoe675/
Wontae673/
Wonteu672/
Wantau672/
Vanthoest671/
Wantuh671/
Bontoe671/
Wanhtu671/
Vanteu671/
Wantuy671/

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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 Wantoe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis