Kanaou Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Kanaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 82 | 1:234,049 | 7,581 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kanaou (60) may also be a first name.
Kanaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanaou is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanaou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,955,159th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanaou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kanaou is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 60 people.
It is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 234,049. In Niger Kanaou is mostly concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 70 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 12 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Niger this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 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 Kanaou
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