Ganhou Surname
Approximately 1,423 people bear this surname
Ganhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,131 | 1:9,138 | 1,272 |
| Ivory Coast | 274 | 1:84,202 | 4,519 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ganhou (325) may also be a first name.
Ganhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganhou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganhou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 273,268th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,121,255 people. The surname Ganhou is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ganhou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 486,495th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 325 people.
The surname is most common in Benin, where it is held by 1,131 people, or 1 in 9,138. In Benin Ganhou is primarily found in: Ouémé Department, where 30 percent live, Zou Department, where 21 percent live and Collines Department, where 15 percent live. Excluding Benin it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent live and Cameroon, 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 Ganhou
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