Faihoun Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Faihoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 228 | 1:45,332 | 5,763 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
The alternate forms: Faîhoun (15) are calculated separately.
Faihoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faihoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faihoun is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Faîhoun. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faihoun? popularity and diffusion
Faihoun is the 1,070,546th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Faihoun reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Faihoun is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 228 people, or 1 in 45,332. In Benin it is primarily found in: Ouémé Department, where 40 percent live, Zou Department, where 33 percent live and Littoral Department, where 12 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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
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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 Faihoun
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