Kiénou Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Kiénou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiénou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso61:3,058,68318,466
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Mali11:16,969,0354,067

The alternate forms: Kienou (31,597) are calculated separately.

Kiénou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kiénou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kiénou is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Kienou. For other possible spellings of Kiénou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiénou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiénou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 3,058,683. Beside Burkina Faso Kiénou occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live and Mali, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kienou9431,597/
Kiinou831/
Kiennou772/
Kienouj771/
Kieno73909/
Kiino73502/
Kienu7340/
Kiinu731/
Kouyinou7117/
Kehinnou712/
Kiyono6735,009/
Kiengo67186/
Kiingu67118/
Kiejno6767/
Kiengu6739/
Kienno6739/
Kihino676/
Kyingu674/
Kihenu672/
Kiemgnout671/
Kihinu671/
Kiyngu671/
Kyingo671/
Kijino671/
Kienoo671/
Kienoi671/
Khienu671/

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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 Kiénou
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