Ehoun Surname
Approximately 889 people bear this surname
Ehoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 843 | 1:12,261 | 1,674 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Ehoun (32) may also be a first name.
Ehoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ehoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ehoun occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ehoun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ehoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ehoun is the 396,526th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,197,464 people. The last name Ehoun occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ehoun are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ehoun is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used forename in the world, borne by 32 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 843 people, or 1 in 12,261. In Benin Ehoun is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 74 percent live, Zou Department, where 12 percent live and Littoral Department, where 5 percent live. Apart from Benin Ehoun is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Ethiopia, where 0 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 Ehoun
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