Nansou Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Nansou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Nansou (181) may also be a first name.
Nansou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nansou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nansou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nansou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,436,415th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Nansou live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 32 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 677,199th most numerous given name globally. It is borne by 181 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 593,402. In Cameroon Nansou is most common in: Far North Region, where 83 percent reside, North Region, where 6 percent reside and West Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent reside and Benin, where 18 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
- 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 Nansou
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