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
Bohou is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bohou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 182,417th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,127,702 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Bohou are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 286,863rd most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 812 people.
The surname is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 2,121 people, or 1 in 10,878. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 34 percent are found, Montagnes District, where 32 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 18 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 6 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Bohou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bohou has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bohou surname 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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