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 most in Burkina Faso. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 324,225th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 6,342,512 people. The surname Penou occurs mostly 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 used first name at a global level, held by 49 people.
Penou is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 550 people, or 1 in 33,367. In Burkina Faso Penou is mostly found 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 this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common 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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