Amounou Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Amounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 55 | 1:348,946 | 10,096 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Amounou (42) may also be a first name.
Amounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amounou is most common in Niger. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amounou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Amounou is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Amounou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 42 people.
This surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 348,946. In Niger it is mostly found in: Agadez Region, where 62 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 36 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Niger Amounou exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Amounou
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