Pohou Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Pohou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 101 | 1:228,428 | 9,360 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Pohou (61) may also be a first name.
Pohou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pohou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pohou occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Pohou.
How Common Is The Last Name Pohou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,701,480th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Pohou live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 61 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 228,428. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 52 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 23 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 15 percent live. Beside The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live and Benin, where 1 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 Pohou
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