Blenon Surname
Approximately 1,554 people bear this surname
Blenon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,520 | 1:6,800 | 936 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
The alternate forms: Blènon (1) are calculated separately.
Blenon (38) may also be a first name.
Blenon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blenon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Blenon occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Blènon. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Blenon? popularity and diffusion
Blenon is the 254,216th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,689,540 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Blenon live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 38 people.
Blenon is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 1,520 people, or 1 in 6,800. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 75 percent are found, Collines Department, where 9 percent are found and Kouffo Department, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Benin it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blènon | 94 | 1 | / |
| Blegnon | 92 | 234 | / |
| Blengon | 92 | 9 | / |
| Blenoun | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bellenon | 86 | 2 | / |
| Blinon | 83 | 3 | / |
| Blanon | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wlenon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Blonon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Blynon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Blenan | 83 | 0 | / |
| Blannon | 77 | 104 | / |
| Blegnan | 77 | 53 | / |
| Blingon | 77 | 9 | / |
| Blengan | 77 | 7 | / |
| Blignon | 77 | 7 | / |
| Vlenong | 77 | 2 | / |
| Blonoin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Blainon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Blanoun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Blenhan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Blaynon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Blhanon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bleinan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bloenan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Billanon | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bellanon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Blaignon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Blinhoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Blahanon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Billenan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Blanan | 67 | 83 | / |
| Bellengan | 67 | 40 | / |
| Blonan | 67 | 26 | / |
| Bellenand | 67 | 19 | / |
| Bleinhant | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bellingon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Billengan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Billingon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Blinan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Billyanon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Blesnahan | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Blenon
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