Gahou Surname
Approximately 3,443 people bear this surname
Gahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,872 | 1:5,521 | 727 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,263 | 1:18,267 | 1,400 |
| Algeria | 288 | 1:134,137 | 18,285 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gahou (861) may also be a first name.
Gahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gahou is most common in Benin. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 131,319th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,116,627 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Gahou reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gahou is also the 277,461st most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 861 people.
The surname Gahou is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 1,872 people, or 1 in 5,521. In Benin Gahou is most common in: Zou Department, where 62 percent live, Littoral Department, where 10 percent live and Collines Department, where 8 percent live. Besides Benin it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 37 percent live and Algeria, where 8 percent live.
Gahou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gahou has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gahou surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gahou
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