Mahounou Surname
Approximately 1,558 people bear this surname
Mahounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,546 | 1:6,685 | 920 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Mahounou (423) may also be a first name.
Mahounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahounou is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahounou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 253,664th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,677,501 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahounou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mahounou is also the 417,739th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 423 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 1,546 people, or 1 in 6,685. In Benin it is most common in: Kouffo Department, where 38 percent reside, Mono Department, where 27 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 13 percent reside. Other than Benin Mahounou is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and The Congo, where 0 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
- 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 Mahounou
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