Anoum Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Anoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Anoum (11) may also be a first name.
Anoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Anoum is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Anoum.
How Common Is The Last Name Anoum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Anoum is the 3,957,383rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Anoum are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 11 people.
The surname Anoum is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 861,300. In Benin Anoum is most prevalent in: Borgou Department, where 92 percent live and Atakora Department, where 8 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, where 16 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 Anoum
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