Anaou Surname
Approximately 1,293 people bear this surname
Anaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,260 | 1:5,752 | 1,143 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Anaou (58) may also be a first name.
Anaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anaou is most common in Togo. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Anaou.
How Common Is The Last Name Anaou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 295,000th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,636,153 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Anaou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anaou is also the 1,295,729th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 58 people.
The last name Anaou is most commonly used in Togo, where it is held by 1,260 people, or 1 in 5,752. Barring Togo this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent live and Benin, 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 Anaou
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