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 is most common in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnahou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 586,691st most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,672,694 people. The last name Gnahou 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. It is also the 1,083,225th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 79 people.
Gnahou is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 497 people, or 1 in 46,421. In The Ivory Coast Gnahou is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 56 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 29 percent reside and Comoé District, where 7 percent reside. Not including The Ivory Coast Gnahou is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 7 percent reside and New Caledonia, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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- 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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