Canou Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Canou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 154 | 1:431,316 | 62,491 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Canou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Canou is found most in France. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Canou.
How Common Is The Last Name Canou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,380,086th most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name Canou occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Canou reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Canou is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 431,316. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 62 percent live, Île-de-France, where 15 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 13 percent live. Barring France this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 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 Canou
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