Guendehou Surname

422,941st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 819 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Monaco

Guendehou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guendehou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin8111:12,7441,733
Monaco31:12,3552,088
France21:33,211,361423,184
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

The alternate forms: Guendéhou (1) are calculated separately.

Guendehou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Guendehou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Guendehou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Guendéhou. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Guendehou? popularity and diffusion

Guendehou is the 422,941st most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 8,898,102 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Guendehou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Guendehou is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 811 people, or 1 in 12,744. In Benin Guendehou is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 48 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 36 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Monaco, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guendéhou961/
Guendeou947/
Gendehou944/
Guindehou89171/
Guindeou8222/
Gindehou8213/
Guendjou822/
Ngendeho821/
Guendjo7536/
Guindeo7521/
Gendieo751/
Gendieu751/
Guemdjeu7119/
Guemdjou713/
Ghendjou712/
Guendjio711/
Gendea6784/
Gendio6722/
Kouendjeu6721/
Gendyu6712/
Gendjo677/
Nkuendjeu672/

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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 Guendehou
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