Nianou Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Nianou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 39 | 1:470,567 | 6,701 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nianou (18) may also be a first name.
Nianou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nianou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nianou is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nianou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nianou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Mande Africa. Nianou is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 18 people.
The last name Nianou is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 470,567. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 49 percent live, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 38 percent live and Centre Region, where 13 percent live. Apart from Burkina Faso it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent live and Benin, where 2 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
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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 Nianou
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