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 last name Alahou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Alahou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alahou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,718,748th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. This last name is predominantly 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 widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 37 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 147,651. In Benin Alahou is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 63 percent reside, Collines Department, where 16 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Benin Alahou exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 32 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 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 Alahou
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