Kenou Surname
Approximately 4,787 people bear this surname
Kenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,860 | 1:3,614 | 454 |
| Togo | 1,260 | 1:5,752 | 1,143 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Cameroon | 235 | 1:88,379 | 10,660 |
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Kénou (2) are calculated separately.
Kenou (862) may also be a first name.
Kenou Demographics
Average Kenou Salary in
United States
$62,425 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kenou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻮ) occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Kénou. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 98,979th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,522,362 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kenou reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kenou is also the 277,316th most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 862 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 2,860 people, or 1 in 3,614. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 49 percent reside, Mono Department, where 26 percent reside and Zou Department, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Benin this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 26 percent reside and Ghana, where 7 percent reside.
Kenou Last Name Statistics demography
Kenou earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 44.67% more than the national average, earning $62,425 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kenou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kenou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﻮ | knw | 69.23 |
| ﻛﻦ | kn | 30.77 |
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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 Kenou
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