Metonou Surname

122,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Metonou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metonou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin3,7041:2,790341
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Togo91:805,3086,372
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

The alternate forms: Mêtonou (2) are calculated separately.

Metonou (381) may also be a first name.

Metonou Last Name Facts

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

Metonou occurs most in Benin. It can also be found in the variant forms: Mêtonou. Click here for further potential spellings of Metonou.

How Common Is The Last Name Metonou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 122,324th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,949,063 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Metonou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 444,187th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 381 people.

The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 3,704 people, or 1 in 2,790. In Benin Metonou is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 41 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 29 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Benin it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent reside and Ethiopia, 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
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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 Metonou
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