Gnienhoun Surname

730,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 397 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Gnienhoun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Gnienhoun Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso3951:46,4612,157
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Gnienhoun (25) may also be a first name.

Gnienhoun Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gnienhoun Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gnienhoun occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gnienhoun.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnienhoun? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 730,373rd most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 18,356,539 people. The last name Gnienhoun occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gnienhoun reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 25 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 395 people, or 1 in 46,461. In Burkina Faso Gnienhoun is primarily found in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 80 percent live, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 10 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gnenoun881/
Niemnoun821/
Gnenon8028/
Nienon8011/
Gnegnon751/
Niengun751/
Nienhuysen74100/
Nienhausen747/
Ngnenone719/
N'Gnenon711/
Nyenoung711/
Ngnenong711/
Nyionhon711/
Gnenan6788/
Neijenhuisen677/
Nyenon675/
Nyinon674/
Nienan673/
Njinun671/
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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 Gnienhoun
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