Fanhoun Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Fanhoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 32 | 1:322,988 | 25,835 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Fanhoun (20) may also be a first name.
Fanhoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fanhoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fanhoun is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fanhoun.
How Common Is The Last Name Fanhoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fanhoun is the 2,661,929th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Fanhoun live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fanhoun is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 20 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 322,988. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 56 percent live, Zou Department, where 31 percent live and Littoral Department, where 13 percent live. Outside of Benin Fanhoun is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 38 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 2 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 Fanhoun
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