Ahanto Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Ahanto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 185 | 1:55,868 | 6,953 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ahanto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahanto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ahanto is found most in Benin. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahanto? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,235,409th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahanto live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Ahanto is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 185 people, or 1 in 55,868. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 46 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 22 percent reside and Collines Department, where 21 percent reside. Excluding Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Niger, 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 Ahanto
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