Obonou Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Obonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 70 | 1:329,589 | 12,041 |
| Benin | 47 | 1:219,906 | 20,230 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Obonou (21) may also be a first name.
Obonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obonou is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obonou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,674,734th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Obonou reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 21 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 329,589. In The Ivory Coast Obonou is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 77 percent are found, Lagunes District, where 21 percent are found and Lacs District, where 1 percent are found. Outside of The Ivory Coast it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 40 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Obonou
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