Alihou Surname
Approximately 363 people bear this surname
Alihou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 315 | 1:65,934 | 8,354 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Alihou (254) may also be a first name.
Alihou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alihou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alihou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alihou? popularity and diffusion
Alihou is the 780,352nd most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 20,075,884 people. The last name Alihou is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Alihou reside; 59 percent reside in Central Africa and 37 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Alihou is also the 559,024th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 254 people.
Alihou is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 315 people, or 1 in 65,934. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Adamawa Region, where 29 percent reside, North Region, where 27 percent reside and Centre Region, where 21 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 6 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 3 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
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- 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
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