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
Ahanto occurs most in Benin. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahanto? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ahanto is the 1,235,409th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahanto reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 185 people, or 1 in 55,868. In Benin Ahanto is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 46 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 22 percent are found and Collines Department, where 21 percent are found. Beside Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Niger, where 1 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 Ahanto
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