Zankou Surname
Approximately 1,752 people bear this surname
Zankou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,155 | 1:6,275 | 1,305 |
| Benin | 570 | 1:18,133 | 2,441 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Zankou (52) may also be a first name.
Zankou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zankou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zankou occurs most in Togo. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Zankou.
How Common Is The Last Name Zankou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 230,851st most widespread family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,159,558 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zankou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zankou is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly used first name in the world, held by 52 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Togo, where it is held by 1,155 people, or 1 in 6,275. Besides Togo this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 33 percent are found and Cameroon, 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 Zankou
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