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 found most in Niger. It may also appear as a variant: Âbounou. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abounou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abounou is the 2,061,309th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. Abounou is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Abounou are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Abounou is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 28 people.
The last name is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 342,715. In Niger Abounou is primarily found in: Agadez Region, where 59 percent live, Dosso Region, where 14 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 13 percent live. Excluding Niger it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common 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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