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 last name Gandonou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandonou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 48,208th most common last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 680,570 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gandonou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gandonou is also the 367,549th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 527 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 9,542 people, or 1 in 1,083. In Benin it 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 occurs in 11 countries. It is also found 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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