Abounou Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Abounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 56 | 1:342,715 | 9,958 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
The alternate forms: Âbounou (1) are calculated separately.
Abounou (28) may also be a first name.
Abounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abounou is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Âbounou. Click here to see other potential spellings of Abounou.
How Common Is The Last Name Abounou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abounou is the 2,061,309th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Abounou live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held forename throughout the world, borne by 28 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 342,715. In Niger Abounou is most frequent in: Agadez Region, where 59 percent live, Dosso Region, where 14 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 13 percent live. Apart from Niger Abounou occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.
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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 Abounou
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