Okonou Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Okonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Okonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okonou occurs most in Benin. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okonou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okonou are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Okonou is most common in Benin, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 295,303. In Benin it is most frequent in: Plateau Department, where 100 percent reside. Not including Benin this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 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 Okonou
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