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 last name Ehoun is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ehoun.
How Common Is The Last Name Ehoun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 396,526th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 8,197,464 people. Ehoun is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ehoun live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used given name worldwide It is held by 32 people.
This surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 843 people, or 1 in 12,261. In Benin Ehoun is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 74 percent live, Zou Department, where 12 percent live and Littoral Department, where 5 percent live. Not including Benin this surname 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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