Penanou Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Penanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Penanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Penanou is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penanou? popularity and diffusion
Penanou is the 10,311,814th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Penanou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Penanou live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Penanou is most frequent in: Lagos, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penagnou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Penano | 92 | 355 | / |
| Penanu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Penanoh | 86 | 47 | / |
| Penanos | 86 | 38 | / |
| Pengano | 86 | 36 | / |
| Pegnano | 86 | 13 | / |
| Pienano | 86 | 2 | / |
| Penanuh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Penanno | 86 | 1 | / |
| Penango | 86 | 1 | / |
| Peñano | 77 | 3,207 | / |
| Penana | 77 | 118 | / |
| Pinano | 77 | 105 | / |
| Peneno | 77 | 26 | / |
| Pananu | 77 | 25 | / |
| Penaño | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pinanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penenu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penangoyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pinango | 71 | 1,196 | / |
| Phananu | 71 | 510 | / |
| Panaino | 71 | 440 | / |
| Pingano | 71 | 92 | / |
| Penongo | 71 | 55 | / |
| Pignano | 71 | 46 | / |
| Pinanos | 71 | 32 | / |
| Penhana | 71 | 20 | / |
| Pengana | 71 | 9 | / |
| Peñango | 71 | 9 | / |
| Pinhano | 71 | 5 | / |
| Panayno | 71 | 3 | / |
| Panahno | 71 | 3 | / |
| Peñangu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phetnamnoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponaneu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pinanoh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Penanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Penanah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Penenoy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Penonho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petnana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponaino | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pengongo | 67 | 507 | / |
| Painenau | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pingango | 67 | 5 | / |
| Penhonho | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peñanoya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Penangay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Penangah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinhango | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinhanos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piñeango | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pesnanai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pannenau | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Penanou
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