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
The surname Adahou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Adahou.
How Common Is The Last Name Adahou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 325,054th most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,364,669 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Adahou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adahou is also the 1,484,914th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 46 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 1,130 people, or 1 in 9,147. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 60 percent are found, Collines Department, where 16 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Benin Adahou occurs in 4 countries. It is also found 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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