Monwanou Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Monwanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 171 | 1:60,442 | 7,466 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Monwanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Monwanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Monwanou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Monwanou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,290,735th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. The last name Monwanou is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Monwanou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Monwanou is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 171 people, or 1 in 60,442. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 68 percent live, Littoral Department, where 18 percent live and Zou Department, where 9 percent live. Barring Benin this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
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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 Monwanou
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