Zangou Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Zangou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 142 | 1:135,155 | 5,116 |
| Burkina Faso | 29 | 1:632,831 | 7,862 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Zangou (39) may also be a first name.
Zangou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zangou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zangou occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zangou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,231,034th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Zangou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 39 people.
It is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 135,155. In Niger Zangou is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 42 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 27 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 13 percent are found. Other than Niger this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 15 percent are found and Benin, where 7 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 Zangou
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