Wotou Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Wotou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wotou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin921:112,34412,545
Ivory Coast381:607,13817,958
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Wotou (177) may also be a first name.

Wotou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wotou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wotou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wotou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wotou? popularity and diffusion

Wotou is the 1,565,797th most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Wotou are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wotou is also the 685,598th most numerous given name in the world, borne by 177 people.

The surname Wotou is most common in Benin, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 112,344. In Benin Wotou is mostly concentrated in: Alibori Department, where 95 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 4 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 29 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woutou914/
Woto8913,652/
Wotu8954/
Wouttou831/
Botou803,672/
Watou801,414/
Wotto80896/
Wotoe80686/
Woito80267/
Wotus80133/
Wooto8083/
Wotho8070/
Wouto8035/
Wotoi8026/
Woutu8025/
Wojto8019/
Wotot809/
Vwotu807/
Wottu805/
Whoto804/
Woitu804/
Wotoy803/
Woeto803/
Votou803/
Wuoto802/
Wotoh802/
Woteu802/
Wotuy801/
Woïto801/
Wotoa801/
Wotos801/
Wotue801/
Wotuh801/
Wotud801/
Hwoto801/
Boutou732,437/
Wojtuś73372/
Bothou73151/
Voutou73131/
Wuotto73107/
Bottou7356/
Woszto7344/
Woutto7342/
Woetoe739/
Watoue738/
Wottoh737/
Wottoe736/
Wattou735/
Wojtos734/
Wothoe734/
Wojtoň734/
Wootto732/
Wotoch732/
Botoue732/
Wostoo731/
Wootoh731/
Woutoa731/
Whotoe731/
Wotojo731/
Whotho731/
Whatou731/
Votouh731/
Waatou731/
Woutop731/
Woutue731/
Wotoya731/
Wostho731/
Wotayo731/
Woohto731/
Wootho731/
Woitoh731/
Bootou731/
Botouh731/
Whoeto731/
Wottoo731/
Wothus730/
Boto6719,976/
Wato675,696/
Watu673,691/
Botu673,190/
Voto672,280/
Wota671,147/
Wutu67437/
Bouhtou67205/
Votu67195/
Wuto67156/
Wojtuch67132/
Bouttou6732/
Voitout6727/
Woituch6718/
Woyteau679/
Wojtusz678/
Wotthot674/
Voitoux674/
Wotthop674/
Uoto673/
Wothuis673/
Voutouh671/
Wojtoch671/
Wattous671/
Wattout671/
Wojtosz671/
Wojtyio671/
Boutoue671/
Boutouh671/
Woutaus671/
Wathous670/

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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 Wotou
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