Dienou Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Dienou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 155 | 1:118,401 | 3,420 |
| Ivory Coast | 71 | 1:324,947 | 11,901 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
The alternate forms: Diénou (1) are calculated separately.
Dienou (337) may also be a first name.
Dienou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dienou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dienou has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It may be found as: Diénou. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dienou? popularity and diffusion
Dienou is the 1,052,587th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Dienou are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dienou is also the 476,238th most commonly held forename globally, held by 337 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 118,401. In Burkina Faso Dienou is mostly concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 48 percent reside, Sahel Region, where 35 percent reside and Centre Region, where 8 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 30 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 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
- 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 Dienou
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