Metchonou Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Metchonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 137 | 1:75,442 | 9,022 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Metchonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metchonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Metchonou is most common in Benin. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metchonou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Metchonou is the 1,504,764th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Metchonou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 75,442. In Benin Metchonou is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 69 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 23 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 6 percent live. Barring Benin this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metchounou | 95 | 12 | / |
| Metchomnou | 95 | 3 | / |
| Metchonnou | 95 | 2 | / |
| Mechonou | 94 | 4 | / |
| Mitchonou | 89 | 16 | / |
| Metchanou | 89 | 4 | / |
| Metchenou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Matchonou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Meconou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Metchamnou | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mitchounou | 84 | 1 | / |
| Matchonoue | 84 | 1 | / |
| Michonou | 82 | 6 | / |
| Mechanou | 82 | 3 | / |
| Metchano | 82 | 2 | / |
| Mecono | 80 | 483 | / |
| Mitchanou | 78 | 1 | / |
| Matchouno | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mechano | 75 | 11 | / |
| Mecanou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meshonu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mechanu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Michzounou | 74 | 6 | / |
| Maitchanou | 74 | 2 | / |
| Matchona | 71 | 777 | / |
| Matchano | 71 | 211 | / |
| Metsanou | 71 | 101 | / |
| Meshongo | 71 | 96 | / |
| Michanou | 71 | 38 | / |
| Metchena | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mitshono | 71 | 2 | / |
| Motchano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Metsogno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Michongo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matcheno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matchanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maitchangou | 70 | 8 | / |
| Maytchangou | 70 | 1 | / |
| Maichanou | 67 | 985 | / |
| Micono | 67 | 309 | / |
| Meschonat | 67 | 59 | / |
| Mitchonie | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mecanu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Metchanna | 67 | 3 | / |
| Matchanoi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maychanou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Metchagna | 67 | 2 | / |
| Messounou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mitschano | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mitshongo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Miconu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mecona | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mattchona | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matchouna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Messonnou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Metcheney | 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
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- 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 Metchonou
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