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
Lenou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Lénou. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenou? popularity and diffusion
Lenou is the 510,931st most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,386,790 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Lenou are found; 70 percent are found in Central Africa and 70 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Lenou is also the 1,744,716th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 35 people.
The last name Lenou is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 449 people, or 1 in 46,256. In Cameroon Lenou is most common in: West Region, where 38 percent live, Centre Region, where 33 percent live and Littoral Region, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live and Greece, where 10 percent live.
Lenou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lenou has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname 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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