Ainou Surname
Approximately 491 people bear this surname
Ainou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Benin | 122 | 1:84,718 | 9,949 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Aïnou (146) & Aînou (11) are calculated separately.
Ainou (265) may also be a first name.
Ainou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ainou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ainou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻴﻨﻮ) is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Aïnou or Aînou. For other possible spellings of Ainou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ainou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ainou is the 624,505th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 14,842,252 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Ainou reside; 63 percent reside in North Africa and 63 percent reside in Mahgreb. Ainou is also the 546,451st most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 265 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is held by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Other than Morocco it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ainou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ainou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻴﻨﻮ | ynw | 50 |
| ﻋﻴﻦ | yn | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Ainou
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