Wantou Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Wantou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 174 | 1:110,299 | 4,409 |
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| Burkina Faso | 36 | 1:509,781 | 7,011 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Wantou (73) may also be a first name.
Wantou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wantou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wantou occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wantou.
How Common Is The Last Name Wantou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wantou is the 928,396th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wantou reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Wantou is also the 1,134,117th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 73 people.
The last name Wantou is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 110,299. In Niger Wantou is most frequent in: Dosso Region, where 42 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 34 percent live and Tillabéri Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Niger this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 13 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 Wantou
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