Nounahon Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Nounahon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nounahon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin2021:51,1666,445
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
France11:66,422,722504,397
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

Nounahon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nounahon Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nounahon is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nounahon.

How Common Is The Last Name Nounahon? popularity and diffusion

Nounahon is the 1,163,787th most numerous last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nounahon live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 51,166. In Benin it is most common in: Ouémé Department, where 74 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 9 percent reside and Plateau Department, where 9 percent reside. Not including Benin it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nounahoun945/
Hnounahon941/
Nounaon938/
Nonahon931/
Nunahong881/
Nonaon861/
Nunayon80211/
Nonohon804/
Notnahom757/
Nonnayon754/
Gnanahon752/
Nounouan751/
Nonoan7119/
Noungooun711/
Nunohon67108/
Nonoang6741/
Nongoan6717/
Nonoane6716/
Gnonoan672/
Nnonoan671/
Nonohan670/

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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 Nounahon
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