Banaou Surname
Approximately 2,057 people bear this surname
Banaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 2,046 | 1:9,380 | 720 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Banaou (1,453) may also be a first name.
Banaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Banaou is found most in Niger. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Banaou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 202,451st most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 3,542,803 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Banaou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Chadic Africa. Banaou is also the 204,621st most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 1,453 people.
The surname Banaou is most frequently held in Niger, where it is carried by 2,046 people, or 1 in 9,380. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 87 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 6 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 3 percent live. Besides Niger this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 0 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 0 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 Banaou
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