Lanou Surname
Approximately 1,062 people bear this surname
Lanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 780 | 1:23,528 | 1,517 |
| United States | 185 | 1:1,959,237 | 126,399 |
| Benin | 32 | 1:322,988 | 25,835 |
| Greece | 21 | 1:527,609 | 66,013 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
Lanou (43) may also be a first name.
Lanou Demographics
Average Lanou Salary in
United States
$51,402 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lanou is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lanou is the 344,897th most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 6,862,096 people. Lanou occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Lanou are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lanou is also the 1,545,828th most commonly used forename globally It is held by 43 people.
The last name is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 780 people, or 1 in 23,528. In Burkina Faso Lanou is mostly found in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 95 percent are found, Centre Region, where 4 percent are found and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 0 percent are found. Not including Burkina Faso Lanou occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Benin, where 3 percent are found.
Lanou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lanou has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lanou surname increased 771 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lanou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lanou surname are 27.54% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80.77% registered with the party.
Lanou earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.13% more than the national average, earning $51,402 USD per year.
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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 Lanou
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