Gnamou Surname
Approximately 4,580 people bear this surname
Gnamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,577 | 1:7,121 | 736 |
| Benin | 1,648 | 1:6,272 | 853 |
| Ivory Coast | 337 | 1:68,461 | 3,882 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gnamou (370) may also be a first name.
Gnamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gnamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻣﻮ) occurs most in Burkina Faso. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gnamou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnamou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 102,788th most numerous last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,591,167 people. The surname Gnamou is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gnamou are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 451,716th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 370 people.
It is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 2,577 people, or 1 in 7,121. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 80 percent are found, Centre Region, where 9 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 8 percent are found. Besides Burkina Faso this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 36 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gnamou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gnamou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻣﻮ | anyamw | - |
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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 Gnamou
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