Banzou Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Banzou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 225 | 1:45,936 | 5,837 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Banzou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banzou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Banzou has its highest incidence in Benin. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Banzou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,055,483rd most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Banzou reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 225 people, or 1 in 45,936. In Benin it is most common in: Donga Department, where 75 percent live, Borgou Department, where 20 percent live and Littoral Department, where 3 percent live. Not including Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Niger, 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 Banzou
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