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
Zankou is held by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zankou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 230,851st most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,159,558 people. The surname Zankou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zankou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 52 people.
The last name is most numerous in Togo, where it is borne by 1,155 people, or 1 in 6,275. Aside from Togo this last name occurs 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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