Wouako Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Wouako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 167 | 1:124,366 | 14,149 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wouako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wouako Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wouako is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wouako? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wouako is the 1,290,735th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. The surname Wouako occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wouako live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Wouako is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 124,366. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent are found, West Region, where 32 percent are found and Centre Region, where 24 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Wouako occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Tunisia, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 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 Wouako
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