Amouan Surname
Approximately 358 people bear this surname
Amouan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 334 | 1:69,076 | 3,907 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
Amouan (2,278) may also be a first name.
Amouan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amouan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amouan is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amouan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amouan is the 788,513th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 20,356,274 people. The surname Amouan occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Amouan reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Mande Africa. Amouan is also the 156,301st most frequently used given name at a global level, borne by 2,278 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 334 people, or 1 in 69,076. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 46 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 28 percent live and Lacs District, where 8 percent live. Apart from The Ivory Coast Amouan occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 5 percent live and Togo, where 1 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 Amouan
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