Lohou Surname
Approximately 1,934 people bear this surname
Lohou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 704 | 1:14,681 | 1,993 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| France | 394 | 1:168,586 | 26,233 |
| Ivory Coast | 293 | 1:78,741 | 4,314 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Lohou (167) may also be a first name.
Lohou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lohou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lohou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lohou.
How Common Is The Last Name Lohou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lohou is the 212,895th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,768,121 people. Lohou occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Lohou are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lohou is also the 708,111th most frequently used given name throughout the world It is held by 167 people.
The last name Lohou is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 704 people, or 1 in 14,681. In Benin it is primarily found in: Kouffo Department, where 30 percent are found, Zou Department, where 27 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 20 percent are found. Beside Benin it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 27 percent are found and France, where 20 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 Lohou
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