Kananou Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Kananou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kananou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kananou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kananou is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kananou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kananou is the 4,772,636th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kananou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,199,501. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Niger it is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
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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 Kananou
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