Assanhoun Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Assanhoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 139 | 1:74,357 | 8,912 |
| Ivory Coast | 65 | 1:354,942 | 12,641 |
Assanhoun (25) may also be a first name.
Assanhoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assanhoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Assanhoun is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Assanhoun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Assanhoun? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,168,344th most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The surname Assanhoun is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Assanhoun are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Assanhoun is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname Assanhoun is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 74,357. In Benin it is most numerous in: Atlantique Department, where 73 percent are found, Zou Department, where 19 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 6 percent are found. Beside Benin this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 32 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 Assanhoun
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