Fanhou Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Fanhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 174 | 1:59,400 | 7,340 |
| Ivory Coast | 107 | 1:215,619 | 9,011 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Fanhou (621) may also be a first name.
Fanhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fanhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fanhou occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fanhou.
How Common Is The Last Name Fanhou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 885,573rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. Fanhou is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Fanhou are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 334,590th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 621 people.
The surname Fanhou is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 59,400. In Benin Fanhou is primarily found in: Kouffo Department, where 90 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 3 percent are found and Zou Department, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 35 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Fanhou
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