Hohou Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Hohou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Hohou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hohou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hohou has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hohou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Hohou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Hohou are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Hohou is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 607,977. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 100 percent are found. Besides Benin this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 8 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 Hohou
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