Dehou Surname
Approximately 1,243 people bear this surname
Dehou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,074 | 1:9,623 | 1,340 |
| Belgium | 64 | 1:179,635 | 24,162 |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
Dehou (292) may also be a first name.
Dehou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dehou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dehou is found most frequently in Benin. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dehou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 304,684th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,862,869 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Dehou live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dehou is also the 516,683rd most prevalent given name globally, borne by 292 people.
It is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 1,074 people, or 1 in 9,623. In Benin Dehou is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 39 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 37 percent live and Littoral Department, where 6 percent live. Outside of Benin this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 5 percent live and The Ivory Coast, 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 Dehou
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