Behou Surname
Approximately 1,427 people bear this surname
Behou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,285 | 1:17,954 | 1,378 |
| Benin | 101 | 1:102,333 | 11,607 |
| Algeria | 23 | 1:1,679,633 | 43,253 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Behou (535) may also be a first name.
Behou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Behou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Behou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺤﻮ) is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Behou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 272,669th most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 5,106,900 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Behou reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Behou is also the 364,566th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 535 people.
Behou is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 1,285 people, or 1 in 17,954. In The Ivory Coast Behou is most common in: Lagunes District, where 53 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 35 percent are found and Montagnes District, where 4 percent are found. Not including The Ivory Coast it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 7 percent are found and Algeria, where 2 percent are found.
Behou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Behou has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Behou surname fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Behou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Behou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺤﻮ | bhw | - |
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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 Behou
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