Bonhoun Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Bonhoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 139 | 1:74,357 | 8,912 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Bonhoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonhoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bonhoun is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonhoun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,497,948th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. Bonhoun occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bonhoun are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 74,357. In Benin Bonhoun is most common in: Kouffo Department, where 92 percent live, Littoral Department, where 4 percent live and Mono Department, where 2 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Bonhoun
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