Chainou Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Chainou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 57 | 1:181,326 | 17,693 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Chaïnou (50) are calculated separately.
Chainou (12) may also be a first name.
Chainou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chainou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chainou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Chaïnou. Click here for other possible spellings of Chainou.
How Common Is The Last Name Chainou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chainou is the 2,460,878th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chainou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chainou is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held given name globally, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 181,326. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 95 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 4 percent are found and Kouffo Department, where 2 percent are found. Other than Benin it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 3 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 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 Chainou
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