Chanou Surname
Approximately 1,998 people bear this surname
Chanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,039 | 1:18,472 | 1,177 |
| Benin | 487 | 1:21,223 | 2,843 |
| Greece | 344 | 1:32,209 | 5,000 |
| France | 75 | 1:885,636 | 103,228 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Chanou (295) may also be a first name.
Chanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chanou (Hindi: चनौ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Chanou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 207,239th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,647,420 people. The surname Chanou is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Chanou reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 513,559th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 295 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 1,039 people, or 1 in 18,472. In Niger it is primarily found in: Zinder Region, where 59 percent live, Maradi Region, where 31 percent live and Diffa Region, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Niger this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 24 percent live and Greece, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chanou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chanou in the Hindi language | ||
| चनौ | canau | - |
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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
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- 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 Chanou
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