Chanhoun Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Chanhoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 200 | 1:51,678 | 6,508 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Chanhoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanhoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chanhoun occurs most in Benin. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chanhoun.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanhoun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,155,901st most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. Chanhoun is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chanhoun live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Chanhoun is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 51,678. In Benin it is most common in: Littoral Department, where 60 percent reside, Zou Department, where 31 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 5 percent reside. Barring Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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
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