Katanou Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Katanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 129 | 1:80,121 | 9,489 |
| Greece | 10 | 1:1,107,979 | 84,839 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Katanou (25) may also be a first name.
Katanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Katanou occurs most in Benin. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Katanou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,478,479th most widespread surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Katanou reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Katanou is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 25 people.
The last name Katanou is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 80,121. In Benin Katanou is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 80 percent reside, Collines Department, where 19 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 1 percent reside. Beside Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, 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 Katanou
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