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 is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lohou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 212,895th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,768,121 people. The last name Lohou is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Lohou reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 708,111th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 167 people.
The last name Lohou is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 704 people, or 1 in 14,681. In Benin Lohou is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 30 percent reside, Zou Department, where 27 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 20 percent reside. Not including Benin this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 27 percent reside and France, where 20 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 Lohou
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