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 found in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Aïnou or Aînou. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ainou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 624,505th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 14,842,252 people. Ainou occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ainou live; 63 percent live in North Africa and 63 percent live in Mahgreb. Ainou is also the 546,451st most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 265 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Not including Morocco this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 25 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
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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