Lenou Surname
Approximately 640 people bear this surname
Lenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 449 | 1:46,256 | 6,077 |
| Ivory Coast | 86 | 1:268,270 | 10,467 |
| Greece | 67 | 1:165,370 | 26,937 |
| Cyprus | 21 | 1:42,137 | 4,231 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Lénou (1) are calculated separately.
Lenou (35) may also be a first name.
Lenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lenou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Lénou. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lenou is the 510,931st most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 11,386,790 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Lenou reside; 70 percent reside in Central Africa and 70 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 35 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 449 people, or 1 in 46,256. In Cameroon Lenou is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 38 percent are found, Centre Region, where 33 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent are found and Greece, where 10 percent are found.
Lenou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lenou has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Lenou
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