Nahou Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Nahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 110 | 1:93,960 | 10,816 |
| Ivory Coast | 82 | 1:281,356 | 10,805 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Nahou (439) may also be a first name.
Nahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nahou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺤﻮ) is found most frequently in Benin. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,006,539th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nahou reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nahou is also the 409,203rd most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 439 people.
The last name Nahou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 93,960. In Benin Nahou is most common in: Zou Department, where 35 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 15 percent live and Littoral Department, where 15 percent live. Other than Benin it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 32 percent live and Niger, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nahou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nahou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺤﻮ | alnhw | 75 |
| ﺍﻧﺤﻮ | anhw | 25 |
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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
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- 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 Nahou
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