Bonou Surname
Approximately 21,299 people bear this surname
Bonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 15,514 | 1:666 | 67 |
| Burkina Faso | 3,620 | 1:5,070 | 562 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Cameroon | 205 | 1:101,313 | 11,968 |
| Greece | 193 | 1:57,408 | 9,604 |
| Papua New Guinea | 143 | 1:57,019 | 7,266 |
| Ivory Coast | 111 | 1:207,849 | 8,785 |
| Niger | 69 | 1:278,145 | 8,561 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Bonou (1,159) may also be a first name.
Bonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bonou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 25,323rd most commonly used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 342,154 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bonou live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 233,435th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 1,159 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 15,514 people, or 1 in 666. In Benin Bonou is most common in: Ouémé Department, where 48 percent are found, Zou Department, where 19 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Benin this surname exists in 28 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 17 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Bonou
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