Balanou Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Balanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 156 | 1:71,024 | 11,930 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Balanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Balanou occurs in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Balanou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balanou? popularity and diffusion
Balanou is the 1,391,595th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name Balanou occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Balanou reside; 99 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
Balanou is most widely held in Greece, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 71,024. In Greece Balanou is most frequent in: Attica, where 37 percent are found, Thessaly, where 26 percent are found and Central Greece, where 22 percent are found. Apart from Greece this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 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 Balanou
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