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 is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonhou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Bonhou occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Bonhou live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 26 people.
It is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,563,470. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 56 percent live, Montagnes District, where 22 percent live and Lagunes District, where 11 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast it occurs in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 25 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
- 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
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