Guenai Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Guenai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 72 | 1:143,550 | 15,098 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Guenaï (46) & Guenaî (7) are calculated separately.
Guenai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guenai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guenai is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Guenaï or Guenaî. For other possible spellings of Guenai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guenai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,075,631st most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Guenai reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 143,550. In Benin Guenai is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 99 percent reside and Collines Department, where 1 percent reside. Other than Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent reside and Algeria, 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 Guenai
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