Zounou Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Zounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 97 | 1:197,856 | 6,708 |
| Burkina Faso | 64 | 1:286,752 | 5,245 |
| Greece | 21 | 1:527,609 | 66,013 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Zounou (133) may also be a first name.
Zounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zounou is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Zounou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zounou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,095,216th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. Zounou is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Zounou live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Chadic Africa. Zounou is also the 804,402nd most commonly held forename globally, borne by 133 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 197,856. In Niger Zounou is mostly concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 43 percent are found, Agadez Region, where 39 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Niger this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 29 percent are found and Greece, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Zounou
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