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 or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wantou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 928,396th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. This surname is mostly 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 widely held first name on earth, borne by 73 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 110,299. In Niger it is primarily found in: Dosso Region, where 42 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 34 percent reside and Tillabéri Region, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Niger it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 13 percent reside.
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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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