Fainou Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Fainou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 62 | 1:166,703 | 16,738 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
The alternate forms: Faïnou (29) & Faînou (1) are calculated separately.
Fainou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fainou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fainou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Faïnou or Faînou. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fainou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,255,512th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fainou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Fainou is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 166,703. In Benin Fainou is mostly found in: Borgou Department, where 31 percent live, Donga Department, where 19 percent live and Zou Department, where 18 percent live. Besides Benin this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 13 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 Fainou
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