Maissanou Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Maissanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 71 | 1:270,310 | 8,391 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Maissanou (56) may also be a first name.
Maissanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maissanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maissanou is most common in Niger. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maissanou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,943,350th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Maissanou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maissanou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 56 people.
The surname Maissanou is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 270,310. In Niger Maissanou is primarily found in: Dosso Region, where 76 percent reside, Niamey Capital District, where 13 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Niger this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside and Benin, where 2 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 Maissanou
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