Linhou Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Linhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 117 | 1:200,382 | 1,726 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Linhou (225) may also be a first name.
Linhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Linhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Linhou is found most in Taiwan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Linhou.
How Common Is The Last Name Linhou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Linhou is the 1,666,404th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. Linhou occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Linhou live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 599,828th most frequent given name world-wide, held by 225 people.
This surname is most numerous in Taiwan, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 200,382. In Taiwan it is most common in: Kaohsiung City, where 31 percent live, Chiayi County, where 11 percent live and New Taipei City, where 9 percent live. Not including Taiwan this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in China, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Linhou
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