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
Bahoun is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahoun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 617,057th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Bahoun are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 50 people.
The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 48,297. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Ouémé Department, where 30 percent live, Zou Department, where 27 percent live and Kouffo Department, where 22 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 26 percent live and Iraq, where 22 percent live.
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bahoun
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