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
Samahou occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samahou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,907,068th most prevalent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname Samahou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Samahou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samahou is also the 757,758th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 148 people.
The last name Samahou is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 112,344. In Benin it is most common in: Collines Department, where 52 percent live, Donga Department, where 42 percent live and Zou Department, where 3 percent live. Barring Benin this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 2 percent live and Thailand, 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 Samahou
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