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
The surname Kenou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻮ) occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Kénou. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kenou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 98,979th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,522,362 people. Kenou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kenou live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 277,316th most prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 862 people.
The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 2,860 people, or 1 in 3,614. In Benin it is primarily found in: Kouffo Department, where 49 percent are found, Mono Department, where 26 percent are found and Zou Department, where 9 percent are found. Not including Benin Kenou occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 26 percent are found and Ghana, where 7 percent are found.
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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