Fannou Surname
Approximately 1,339 people bear this surname
Fannou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,300 | 1:7,950 | 1,095 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Fannou (27) may also be a first name.
Fannou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fannou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fannou has its highest incidence in Benin. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fannou? popularity and diffusion
Fannou is the 286,848th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,442,529 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fannou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used given name throughout the world It is held by 27 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 1,300 people, or 1 in 7,950. In Benin it is most common in: Kouffo Department, where 82 percent live, Zou Department, where 8 percent live and Littoral Department, where 3 percent live. Besides Benin this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Niger, 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 Fannou
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