Gandonou Surname
Approximately 10,708 people bear this surname
Gandonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 9,542 | 1:1,083 | 121 |
| Togo | 1,050 | 1:6,903 | 1,501 |
| Ivory Coast | 55 | 1:419,477 | 14,125 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Gandonou (527) may also be a first name.
Gandonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gandonou is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandonou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 48,208th most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 680,570 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gandonou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gandonou is also the 367,549th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 527 people.
The last name Gandonou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 9,542 people, or 1 in 1,083. In Benin Gandonou is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 59 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 13 percent are found and Plateau Department, where 9 percent are found. Not including Benin it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 10 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gandonou
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