Bohou Surname
Approximately 2,330 people bear this surname
Bohou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2,121 | 1:10,878 | 890 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Bohou (812) may also be a first name.
Bohou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bohou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bohou is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bohou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 182,417th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 3,127,702 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Bohou reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 286,863rd most numerous given name internationally, borne by 812 people.
The last name Bohou is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 2,121 people, or 1 in 10,878. In The Ivory Coast Bohou is most numerous in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 34 percent live, Montagnes District, where 32 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 18 percent live. Apart from The Ivory Coast it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 6 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Bohou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bohou has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bohou last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Bohou
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