Gnimassou Surname

219,419th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,864 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Gnimassou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gnimassou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1,2451:8,3021,142
Togo5251:13,8053,854
Guinea361:328,7171,117
Burkina Faso261:705,8508,321
Ivory Coast151:1,538,08231,691
Senegal111:1,325,3953,666
France31:22,140,907385,998
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gnimassou (60) may also be a first name.

Gnimassou Last Name Facts

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

Gnimassou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Gnimassou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnimassou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 219,419th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,909,628 people. The last name Gnimassou is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gnimassou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnimassou is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 60 people.

The last name Gnimassou is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 1,245 people, or 1 in 8,302. In Benin Gnimassou is primarily concentrated in: Collines Department, where 32 percent live, Zou Department, where 18 percent live and Littoral Department, where 15 percent live. Excluding Benin it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 28 percent live and Guinea, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gnimmassou952/
Gnimasssou951/
Hgnimassou951/
Gnimasou943/
Nimaissou892/
Naimaissou841/
Gnimosso8210/
Nemassou821/
Nemassoue781/
Naimasu7540/
Nimassa752/
Nimazou752/
Nimasoh751/
Naimasus7139/
Nemassoa7120/
Nematsou712/
Gnimozou711/
Naimasho711/
Nemaso6722/
Nimasa6712/

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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
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  • 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 Gnimassou
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