Bonnou Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Bonnou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 25 | 1:413,424 | 29,829 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Bonnou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonnou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bonnou is found most in Benin. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bonnou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonnou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bonnou is the 2,635,433rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Bonnou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bonnou reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 413,424. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 56 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 20 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 8 percent live. Besides Benin it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 30 percent live and Niger, where 15 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 Bonnou
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