Mehou Surname
Approximately 2,494 people bear this surname
Mehou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,397 | 1:4,312 | 569 |
| Ivory Coast | 53 | 1:435,306 | 14,482 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Mèhou (1) are calculated separately.
Mehou (171) may also be a first name.
Mehou Demographics
Average Mehou Salary in
United States
$27,042 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mehou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mehou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mehou is found most in Benin. It can also occur as: Mèhou. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mehou.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 172,486th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,922,031 people. The last name Mehou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mehou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 698,971st most frequent forename throughout the world It is held by 171 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 2,397 people, or 1 in 4,312. In Benin Mehou is most common in: Zou Department, where 42 percent are found, Mono Department, where 18 percent are found and Collines Department, where 15 percent are found. Beside Benin this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Mehou Last Name Statistics demography
Mehou earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.33% less than the national average, earning $27,042 USD per year.
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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 Mehou
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