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
Ganhou is most common in Benin. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganhou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 273,268th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,121,255 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ganhou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 486,495th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 325 people.
Ganhou is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 1,131 people, or 1 in 9,138. In Benin Ganhou is most prevalent in: Ouémé Department, where 30 percent are found, Zou Department, where 21 percent are found and Collines Department, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Benin this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 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 Ganhou
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