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
The surname Kanhou is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanhou? popularity and diffusion
Kanhou is the 630,290th most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 15,025,868 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Kanhou live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.
The surname is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 354 people, or 1 in 65,173. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 37 percent reside, Montagnes District, where 26 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 26 percent reside and Nigeria, 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
- 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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