Ahande Surname
Approximately 401 people bear this surname
Ahande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 361 | 1:28,630 | 3,801 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
The alternate forms: Ahandé (1) are calculated separately.
Ahande (14) may also be a first name.
Ahande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahande Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ahande is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Ahandé. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahande? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ahande is the 725,073rd most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,173,431 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahande are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 361 people, or 1 in 28,630. In Benin Ahande is primarily found in: Collines Department, where 51 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 29 percent reside and Zou Department, where 13 percent reside. Other than Benin this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Ahande
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