Chonou Surname
Approximately 680 people bear this surname
Chonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 650 | 1:35,494 | 2,349 |
| Benin | 25 | 1:413,424 | 29,829 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Chonou (323) may also be a first name.
Chonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chonou has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chonou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 487,899th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Chonou reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chonou is also the 488,148th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 323 people.
The last name Chonou is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 650 people, or 1 in 35,494. In The Ivory Coast Chonou is most common in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 48 percent live, Lagunes District, where 46 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 2 percent live. Outside of The Ivory Coast it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 4 percent live and The United States, 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 Chonou
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