Alohou Surname
Approximately 734 people bear this surname
Alohou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 692 | 1:14,936 | 2,022 |
| Ivory Coast | 39 | 1:591,570 | 17,665 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Alohou (28) may also be a first name.
Alohou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alohou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alohou is found most frequently in Benin. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Alohou.
How Common Is The Last Name Alohou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alohou is the 460,168th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,928,537 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Alohou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 28 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 692 people, or 1 in 14,936. In Benin Alohou is most common in: Mono Department, where 29 percent are found, Collines Department, where 16 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Benin it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 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 Alohou
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