Gnissou Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Gnissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 158 | 1:65,415 | 7,986 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Gnissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gnissou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnissou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,380,086th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name Gnissou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gnissou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gnissou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 65,415. In Benin Gnissou is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 92 percent are found, Collines Department, where 5 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 2 percent are found. Other than Benin this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gnissou
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