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
Nianou is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nianou? popularity and diffusion
Nianou is the 2,944,094th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname Nianou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nianou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Mande Africa. Nianou is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 18 people.
It is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 470,567. In Burkina Faso Nianou is most numerous in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 49 percent reside, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 38 percent reside and Centre Region, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent reside and Benin, where 2 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 Nianou
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