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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Lénou. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lenou is the 510,931st most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 11,386,790 people. The last name Lenou occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Lenou live; 70 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 35 people.
Lenou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 449 people, or 1 in 46,256. In Cameroon Lenou is most numerous in: West Region, where 38 percent reside, Centre Region, where 33 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 25 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent reside and Greece, where 10 percent reside.
Lenou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lenou has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lenou last name contracted 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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