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 is most common in Benin. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonnou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gonnou is the 3,017,195th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gonnou reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most widespread given name throughout the world. It is borne by 62 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 265,015. In Benin Gonnou is primarily found in: Atakora Department, where 38 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 33 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Benin it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and France, where 2 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
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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 Gonnou
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