Nahoua Surname
Approximately 1,380 people bear this surname
Nahoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,332 | 1:17,321 | 1,341 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Congo | 14 | 1:356,364 | 9,454 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Nahoua (13,832) may also be a first name.
Nahoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nahoua (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺤﻮﺍﻱ) has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahoua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 279,970th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 5,280,830 people. The surname Nahoua occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Nahoua are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 49,044th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 13,832 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 1,332 people, or 1 in 17,321. In The Ivory Coast Nahoua is primarily concentrated in: Woroba District, where 28 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 19 percent live and Savanes District, where 15 percent live. Barring The Ivory Coast Nahoua is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent live and The Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nahoua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nahoua in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺤﻮﺍﻱ | alnhway | - |
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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 Nahoua
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