Bognou Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Bognou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 167 | 1:124,366 | 14,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Bognou (14) may also be a first name.
Bognou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bognou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bognou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bognou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bognou is the 1,321,499th most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. Bognou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bognou reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name on earth, borne by 14 people.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 124,366. In Cameroon Bognou is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 44 percent reside, Centre Region, where 40 percent reside and West Region, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Bognou
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