Anahou Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Anahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Anahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Anahou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anahou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,185,033rd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Anahou is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Anahou reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 607,977. In Benin Anahou is mostly found in: Donga Department, where 82 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 6 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 6 percent reside. Other than Benin Anahou occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 39 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 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 Anahou
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