Kwanou Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Kwanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kwanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwanou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwanou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,994,173rd most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Kwanou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwanou reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 241,501. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 42 percent are found, Centre Region, where 29 percent are found and West Region, where 27 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon Kwanou occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, 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
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- 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 Kwanou
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