Monnou Surname
Approximately 2,746 people bear this surname
Monnou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,459 | 1:4,203 | 546 |
| Ivory Coast | 249 | 1:92,656 | 4,869 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Monnou (743) may also be a first name.
Monnou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Monnou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Monnou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Monnou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Monnou is the 158,951st most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,653,877 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Monnou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 301,729th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 743 people.
The last name Monnou is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 2,459 people, or 1 in 4,203. In Benin Monnou is most prevalent in: Ouémé Department, where 64 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 11 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 9 percent reside. Not including Benin this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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 Monnou
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