Cohoun Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Cohoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 163 | 1:63,409 | 7,789 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
Cohoun (10) may also be a first name.
Cohoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cohoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cohoun is most common in Benin. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cohoun? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cohoun is the 1,353,468th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Cohoun reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 10 people.
Cohoun is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 63,409. In Benin Cohoun is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 34 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 20 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Benin it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Cohoun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Cohoun has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cohoun last name fell 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Cohoun
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