Dannou Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Dannou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 207 | 1:49,930 | 6,298 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
Dannou (89) may also be a first name.
Dannou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dannou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dannou is found most in Benin. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dannou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dannou is the 1,035,555th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dannou reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dannou is also the 1,011,231st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 89 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 207 people, or 1 in 49,930. In Benin Dannou is most common in: Alibori Department, where 40 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 26 percent reside and Mono Department, where 12 percent reside. Besides Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 11 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Dannou
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