Penou Surname
Approximately 1,149 people bear this surname
Penou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 550 | 1:33,367 | 1,820 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| France | 70 | 1:948,896 | 108,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 59 | 1:391,038 | 13,490 |
| Greece | 28 | 1:395,707 | 52,747 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Penou (49) may also be a first name.
Penou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penou occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Penou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Penou is the 324,225th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 6,342,512 people. The last name Penou is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Penou reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Penou is also the 1,430,306th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 49 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 550 people, or 1 in 33,367. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 77 percent reside, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 23 percent reside and Sud-Ouest Region, where 0 percent reside. Not including Burkina Faso it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 37 percent reside and France, where 6 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 Penou
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