Wokou Surname
Approximately 551 people bear this surname
Wokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 396 | 1:26,100 | 3,496 |
| Uganda | 140 | 1:278,852 | 19,916 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wokou (74) may also be a first name.
Wokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wokou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wokou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 572,152nd most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 13,226,036 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wokou are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wokou is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 74 people.
The last name Wokou is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 396 people, or 1 in 26,100. In Benin Wokou is most common in: Zou Department, where 89 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 4 percent reside and Collines Department, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Benin this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 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 Wokou
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