Atanou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Atanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Atanou (240) may also be a first name.
Atanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Atanou is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Atanou.
How Common Is The Last Name Atanou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Atanou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Atanou is also the 577,234th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 240 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 9,596,008. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Agadez Region, where 50 percent live and Zinder Region, where 50 percent live. Not including Niger this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 25 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 Atanou
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