Nihou Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Nihou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Nihou (18) may also be a first name.
Nihou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nihou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nihou is held by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nihou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 908,336th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 24,872,170 people. The surname Nihou is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Nihou reside; 70 percent reside in North Africa and 70 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 18 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Not including Morocco Nihou exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 17 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live.
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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 Nihou
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