Cheihou Surname
Approximately 314 people bear this surname
Cheihou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 299 | 1:64,187 | 2,967 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Cheïhou (1) are calculated separately.
Cheihou (101) may also be a first name.
Cheihou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheihou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cheihou occurs most in Niger. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Cheïhou. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheihou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 864,701st most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 23,208,745 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheihou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Chadic Africa. Cheihou is also the 940,641st most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 101 people.
The surname Cheihou is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 299 people, or 1 in 64,187. In Niger Cheihou is mostly found in: Tahoua Region, where 91 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 3 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 2 percent reside. Besides Niger it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.
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 Cheihou
- 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