Affanou Surname
Approximately 2,980 people bear this surname
Affanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,922 | 1:3,537 | 442 |
| Niger | 34 | 1:564,471 | 14,312 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Affanou (85) may also be a first name.
Affanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Affanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Affanou has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Affanou.
How Common Is The Last Name Affanou? popularity and diffusion
Affanou is the 148,377th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,445,485 people. The last name Affanou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Affanou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Affanou is also the 1,039,322nd most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 85 people.
This surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 2,922 people, or 1 in 3,537. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Mono Department, where 40 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 26 percent are found and Zou Department, where 11 percent are found. Besides Benin this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent are found and France, where 0 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 Affanou
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