Ohoun Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Ohoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 60 | 1:172,260 | 17,125 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Ohoun (10) may also be a first name.
Ohoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ohoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ohoun occurs most in Benin. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ohoun? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ohoun is the 2,237,939th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ohoun live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ohoun is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name globally, held by 10 people.
The last name Ohoun is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 172,260. In Benin Ohoun is mostly found in: Collines Department, where 95 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 2 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Benin Ohoun occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 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 Ohoun
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