Wanwou Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Wanwou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Wanwou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanwou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanwou is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanwou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,979,664th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Wanwou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wanwou live; 77 percent live in Central Africa and 47 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
The surname Wanwou is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 506,563. In Cameroon Wanwou is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 68 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 24 percent are found and West Region, where 5 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wanwu | 91 | 12 | / |
| Wanwo | 91 | 10 | / |
| Wainwoue | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wanbou | 83 | 34 | / |
| Wanvou | 83 | 30 | / |
| Wanwuo | 83 | 6 | / |
| Wanwua | 83 | 1 | / |
| Banwou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wainwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wainwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Woinwou | 77 | 11 | / |
| Vanwout | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wannwoo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wanmbou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wanvo | 73 | 393 | / |
| Wanua | 73 | 117 | / |
| Wanwa | 73 | 95 | / |
| Wonwu | 73 | 50 | / |
| Wanuo | 73 | 26 | / |
| Vanwu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Wonwo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wamwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wainwood | 71 | 10 | / |
| Wachenwu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Hwanhwoy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Woinwoue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wanouhou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Whanvo | 67 | 75 | / |
| Wamvou | 67 | 49 | / |
| Wanwai | 67 | 44 | / |
| Wonwoe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Wanmbo | 67 | 24 | / |
| Wamweu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Vanwoy | 67 | 16 | / |
| Banbou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wanvoh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wonwot | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wanway | 67 | 6 | / |
| Whanuo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Banwoh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wanhua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wanwey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Huanwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wanwei | 67 | 3 | / |
| Whanbo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Banvou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vanvou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wanwah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uanwut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wannouhou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wagnouhou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wonwoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wanhwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wanveu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wainua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wainbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waunwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waynua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wannbo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Wanwou
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