Messenou Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Messenou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Messenou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin991:104,40011,784
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Messenou (125) may also be a first name.

Messenou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Messenou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Messenou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Messenou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,849,867th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Messenou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 832,731st most numerous first name internationally It is held by 125 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 104,400. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 53 percent are found, Mono Department, where 28 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 10 percent are found. Other than Benin Messenou occurs in one country. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Messenou
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