Paou Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Paou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 100 | 1:103,356 | 11,687 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Paou (39) may also be a first name.
Paou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Paou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Paou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,573,888th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Paou are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Paou is also the 1,637,361st most frequent given name in the world, borne by 39 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 103,356. In Benin it is primarily found in: Donga Department, where 33 percent reside, Alibori Department, where 31 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 28 percent reside. Other than Benin this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent reside and Australia, 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
- 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 Paou
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