Assanou Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Assanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 396 | 1:48,465 | 2,444 |
| Benin | 62 | 1:166,703 | 16,738 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Assanou (553) may also be a first name.
Assanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Assanou is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Assanou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 625,459th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Assanou live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 357,892nd most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 553 people.
The last name is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 396 people, or 1 in 48,465. In Niger it is primarily found in: Zinder Region, where 96 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 3 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 0 percent are found. Barring Niger it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 13 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Assanou
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