Lainou Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Lainou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
Lainou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lainou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lainou is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lainou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Lainou is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Lainou are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Lainou is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon Lainou is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 94 percent reside and North Region, where 6 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 29 percent reside and Niger, where 11 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
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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 Lainou
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