Ahiou Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Ahiou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ahiou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahiou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ahiou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahiou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ahiou is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahiou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 543,979. In Benin Ahiou is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 37 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 26 percent live and Zou Department, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Benin this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
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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 Ahiou
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