Ganou Surname
Approximately 4,221 people bear this surname
Ganou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 3,760 | 1:4,881 | 549 |
| Benin | 104 | 1:99,381 | 11,308 |
| Indonesia | 88 | 1:1,502,832 | 101,066 |
| Ivory Coast | 82 | 1:281,356 | 10,805 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Niger | 48 | 1:399,834 | 11,128 |
| Greece | 44 | 1:251,813 | 38,343 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Ganou (96) may also be a first name.
Ganou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganou (Russian: Ганоу) occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ganou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganou? popularity and diffusion
Ganou is the 110,165th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,726,497 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ganou reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ganou is also the 968,397th most frequently used forename globally, held by 96 people.
The last name Ganou is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 3,760 people, or 1 in 4,881. In Burkina Faso Ganou is primarily found in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 72 percent are found, Centre Region, where 13 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Burkina Faso it exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganou in the Russian language | ||
| Ганоу | ganou | - |
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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 Ganou
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