Hodou Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Hodou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Hodou (1,080) may also be a first name.
Hodou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hodou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hodou is found most in Benin. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hodou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hodou is the 3,730,171st most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Hodou is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Hodou reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 243,064th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 1,080 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 861,300. In Benin it is primarily found in: Borgou Department, where 58 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 17 percent are found and Donga Department, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Benin it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 36 percent are found and Niger, where 11 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 Hodou
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