Bahoun Surname
Approximately 499 people bear this surname
Bahoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 214 | 1:48,297 | 6,111 |
| Burkina Faso | 132 | 1:139,031 | 3,703 |
| Iraq | 110 | 1:318,379 | 6,214 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Algeria | 12 | 1:3,219,296 | 45,820 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bahoun (50) may also be a first name.
Bahoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bahoun is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahoun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 617,057th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Bahoun live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 50 people.
The last name is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 48,297. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 30 percent are found, Zou Department, where 27 percent are found and Kouffo Department, where 22 percent are found. Besides Benin this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 26 percent are found and Iraq, where 22 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 Bahoun
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