Jinou Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Jinou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Jinou (127) may also be a first name.
Jinou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jinou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jinou has its highest incidence in Niger. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Jinou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jinou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jinou is the 3,373,373rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Jinou live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 825,494th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 127 people.
It is most commonly held in Niger, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,128,942. In Niger Jinou is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 88 percent are found, Niamey Capital District, where 6 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 6 percent are found. Besides Niger it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 35 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 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 Jinou
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