Bonhou Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Bonhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
Bonhou (26) may also be a first name.
Bonhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bonhou has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bonhou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonhou? popularity and diffusion
Bonhou is the 5,587,209th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. Bonhou is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Bonhou reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 26 people.
It is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,563,470. In The Ivory Coast Bonhou is mostly found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 56 percent are found, Montagnes District, where 22 percent are found and Lagunes District, where 11 percent are found. Besides The Ivory Coast this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Bonhou
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis