Kanhou Surname
Approximately 485 people bear this surname
Kanhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 354 | 1:65,173 | 3,743 |
| Benin | 127 | 1:81,383 | 9,612 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Kanhou (15) may also be a first name.
Kanhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanhou occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanhou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanhou is the 630,290th most common last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,025,868 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Kanhou reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 15 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 354 people, or 1 in 65,173. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 37 percent are found, Montagnes District, where 26 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 19 percent are found. Outside of The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 26 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 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 Kanhou
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