Adahou Surname
Approximately 1,145 people bear this surname
Adahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,130 | 1:9,147 | 1,274 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Adahou (46) may also be a first name.
Adahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Adahou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Adahou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adahou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 325,054th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 6,364,669 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adahou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most common first name at a global level, held by 46 people.
The surname Adahou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 1,130 people, or 1 in 9,147. In Benin it is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 60 percent are found, Collines Department, where 16 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 7 percent are found. Beside Benin this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 0 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 Adahou
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