Medenou Surname
Approximately 1,390 people bear this surname
Medenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,337 | 1:7,730 | 1,065 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Médenou (1) & Médénou (2) are calculated separately.
Medenou (229) may also be a first name.
Medenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Medenou has its highest incidence in Benin. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Médenou or Médénou. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Medenou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 278,370th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,242,839 people. The last name Medenou is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Medenou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Medenou is also the 593,349th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 229 people.
The last name Medenou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 1,337 people, or 1 in 7,730. In Benin Medenou is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 19 percent are found, Zou Department, where 16 percent are found and Collines Department, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Benin Medenou occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in France, where 2 percent are found and Togo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Médenou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Medenoue | 93 | 1 | / |
| Medenu | 92 | 295 | / |
| Medeno | 92 | 10 | / |
| Médénou | 90 | 2 | / |
| Medenus | 86 | 41 | / |
| Midenou | 86 | 29 | / |
| Medeino | 86 | 1 | / |
| Medeenu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Medenoy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Medenos | 86 | 1 | / |
| Medeinos | 80 | 2 | / |
| Medena | 77 | 2,383 | / |
| Medino | 77 | 2,258 | / |
| Midenu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mideno | 77 | 3 | / |
| Medințu | 71 | 39 | / |
| Medinus | 71 | 31 | / |
| Medaino | 71 | 23 | / |
| Medenas | 71 | 21 | / |
| Mehdino | 71 | 17 | / |
| Medinos | 71 | 7 | / |
| Medeana | 71 | 6 | / |
| Miedena | 71 | 6 | / |
| Medeina | 71 | 5 | / |
| Maydenu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Medingo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Meddena | 71 | 2 | / |
| Medhino | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mediena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maydeno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medesna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meidingu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hmedeina | 67 | 7 | / |
| Meidiena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Medingoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Medinoye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Medenash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meddeena | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Medenou
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