Gnahou Surname
Approximately 533 people bear this surname
Gnahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 497 | 1:46,421 | 2,917 |
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
Gnahou (79) may also be a first name.
Gnahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gnahou occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnahou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gnahou is the 586,691st most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 13,672,694 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Gnahou are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnahou is also the 1,083,225th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 79 people.
The surname is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 497 people, or 1 in 46,421. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 56 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 29 percent live and Comoé District, where 7 percent live. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 7 percent live and New Caledonia, 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 Gnahou
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