Ahouanse Surname
Approximately 1,998 people bear this surname
Ahouanse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,971 | 1:5,244 | 687 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ahouansè (2) are calculated separately.
Ahouanse (606) may also be a first name.
Ahouanse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahouanse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ahouanse occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Ahouansè. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahouanse? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ahouanse is the 207,239th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,647,420 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahouanse live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ahouanse is also the 339,515th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 606 people.
The last name is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 1,971 people, or 1 in 5,244. In Benin Ahouanse is most common in: Ouémé Department, where 62 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 10 percent reside and Plateau Department, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Benin this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahouansè | 96 | 2 | / |
| Ahouansse | 94 | 114 | / |
| Aouanse | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ahouanssse | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ahouanze | 88 | 52 | / |
| Ahouansi | 88 | 48 | / |
| Ahouance | 88 | 3 | / |
| Ahuoanse | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ahouamse | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ahouandje | 82 | 127 | / |
| Ahouanssi | 82 | 2 | / |
| Aouansi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ahouanzi | 75 | 44 | / |
| Aouanche | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ahouansouha | 74 | 44 | / |
| Ahouandji | 71 | 335 | / |
| Ahouandjè | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gaoanshi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Aoams | 62 | 4 | / |
| Haouandjih | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Ahouanse
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