Dehoun Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Dehoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 84 | 1:123,043 | 13,434 |
| Burkina Faso | 69 | 1:265,972 | 5,041 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Dehoun (138) may also be a first name.
Dehoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dehoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dehoun (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻫﻮﻥ) is most common in Benin. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dehoun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dehoun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,343,156th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname Dehoun occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Dehoun are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dehoun is also the 787,636th most common first name internationally, borne by 138 people.
The last name Dehoun is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 123,043. In Benin Dehoun is most common in: Zou Department, where 60 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 37 percent live and Borgou Department, where 1 percent live. Beside Benin this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 42 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dehoun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dehoun in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻫﻮﻥ | aldhwn | - |
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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
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- 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 Dehoun
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