Mahouna Surname
Approximately 861 people bear this surname
Mahouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 638 | 1:16,200 | 2,187 |
| Congo | 173 | 1:28,839 | 3,021 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mahouna (2,322) may also be a first name.
Mahouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahouna is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahouna? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 406,613th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,464,049 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mahouna reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mahouna is also the 154,431st most common first name in the world It is held by 2,322 people.
This last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 638 people, or 1 in 16,200. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 84 percent reside, Zou Department, where 6 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 5 percent reside. Besides Benin this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 20 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 4 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 Mahouna
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