Wazou Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Wazou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
Wazou (12) may also be a first name.
Wazou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wazou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wazou occurs most in Niger. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wazou.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazou? popularity and diffusion
Wazou is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Wazou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wazou are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous forename world-wide, held by 12 people.
Wazou is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 40 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 20 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 20 percent are found. Barring Niger Wazou is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 44 percent are found.
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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 Wazou
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