Gonnou Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Gonnou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gonnou (62) may also be a first name.
Gonnou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonnou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gonnou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gonnou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonnou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,017,195th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. Gonnou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gonnou reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gonnou is also the 1,246,114th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 62 people.
Gonnou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 265,015. In Benin Gonnou is mostly concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 38 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 33 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 13 percent reside. Barring Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Gonnou
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