Gnansou Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Gnansou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
Gnansou (12) may also be a first name.
Gnansou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnansou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gnansou is found most frequently in Benin. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gnansou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnansou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gnansou is the 2,605,694th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Gnansou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gnansou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequent forename internationally It is held by 12 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 295,303. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 60 percent live and Zou Department, where 40 percent live. Excluding Benin Gnansou is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 29 percent live and Togo, where 7 percent live.
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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 Gnansou
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