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 surname Ganou (Russian: Ганоу) is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ganou is the 110,165th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,726,497 people. The surname Ganou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ganou live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ganou is also the 968,397th most common given name worldwide, held by 96 people.
The surname is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 3,760 people, or 1 in 4,881. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated 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. Aside from Burkina Faso Ganou 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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