Danhou Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Danhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 101 | 1:102,333 | 11,607 |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | 1:887,355 | 22,826 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
Danhou (471) may also be a first name.
Danhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Danhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Danhou is most common in Benin. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Danhou? popularity and diffusion
Danhou is the 1,527,735th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Danhou are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 392,250th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 471 people.
The last name Danhou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 102,333. In Benin it is mostly found in: Mono Department, where 60 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 30 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 4 percent live. Other than Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 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 Danhou
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