Fanou Surname
Approximately 16,540 people bear this surname
Fanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 13,788 | 1:750 | 76 |
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Greece | 185 | 1:59,891 | 10,047 |
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| Niger | 54 | 1:355,408 | 10,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 52 | 1:443,678 | 14,663 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Fanou (1,071) may also be a first name.
Fanou Demographics
Average Fanou Salary in
United States
$23,179 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fanou is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fanou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fanou is the 32,222nd most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 440,601 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Fanou live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fanou is also the 244,349th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,071 people.
The surname Fanou is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 13,788 people, or 1 in 750. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 30 percent are found, Mono Department, where 22 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 19 percent are found. Aside from Benin Fanou is found in 29 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 11 percent are found and Togo, where 3 percent are found.
Fanou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fanou has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Fanou last name rose 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fanou Last Name Statistics demography
Fanou earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 46.28% less than the national average, earning $23,179 USD per year.
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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 Fanou
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