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 found most in Benin. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Danhou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,527,735th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Danhou reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 392,250th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 471 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 102,333. In Benin Danhou is mostly found in: Mono Department, where 60 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 30 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 4 percent live. Besides Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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