Samahou Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Samahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 92 | 1:112,344 | 12,545 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Samahou (148) may also be a first name.
Samahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samahou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Samahou.
How Common Is The Last Name Samahou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samahou is the 1,907,068th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname Samahou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Samahou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 757,758th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 148 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 112,344. In Benin Samahou is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 52 percent are found, Donga Department, where 42 percent are found and Zou Department, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 2 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 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 Samahou
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