Pahou Surname
Approximately 1,152 people bear this surname
Pahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 620 | 1:37,212 | 2,459 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Congo | 78 | 1:63,963 | 5,656 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pahou (111) may also be a first name.
Pahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pahou occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pahou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 323,593rd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,325,995 people. The surname Pahou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Pahou are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pahou is also the 890,531st most widespread forename at a global level, borne by 111 people.
It is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 620 people, or 1 in 37,212. In The Ivory Coast Pahou is most prevalent in: Montagnes District, where 90 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 8 percent are found and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 1 percent are found. Outside of The Ivory Coast it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 36 percent are found and The Congo, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Pahou
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