Alahou Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Alahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 70 | 1:147,651 | 15,402 |
| Ivory Coast | 36 | 1:640,868 | 18,598 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Alahou (37) may also be a first name.
Alahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alahou is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alahou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Alahou live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, held by 37 people.
The last name Alahou is most common in Benin, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 147,651. In Benin Alahou is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 63 percent are found, Collines Department, where 16 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 32 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 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 Alahou
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