Gnomon Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Gnomon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Gnomon (386) may also be a first name.
Gnomon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnomon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gnomon occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnomon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gnomon live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 31 percent live in Chadic Africa. Gnomon is also the 441,020th most frequent first name in the world, held by 386 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 50 percent are found, Centre Region, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 31 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 23 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 Gnomon
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