Nanhou Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Nanhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 224 | 1:92,719 | 11,093 |
| France | 32 | 1:2,075,710 | 171,237 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Nanhou (12) may also be a first name.
Nanhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nanhou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nanhou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanhou? popularity and diffusion
Nanhou is the 945,594th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. Nanhou is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Nanhou reside; 78 percent reside in Central Africa and 78 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nanhou is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name on earth, held by 12 people.
The surname Nanhou is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 92,719. In Cameroon Nanhou is mostly found in: West Region, where 40 percent reside, Centre Region, where 33 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 21 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 12 percent reside and Benin, where 5 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 Nanhou
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