Tainou Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Tainou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Tainou (5) may also be a first name.
Tainou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tainou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tainou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tainou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tainou is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tainou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tainou is also the 5,493,085th most common first name in the world, borne by 5 people.
Tainou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 3,445,201. In Benin it is most common in: Borgou Department, where 67 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 33 percent live. Not including Benin this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 40 percent live.
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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 Tainou
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