Sehonou Surname
Approximately 3,329 people bear this surname
Sehonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3,311 | 1:3,122 | 374 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Sehonou (434) may also be a first name.
Sehonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sehonou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Sehonou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehonou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 135,112th most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,189,110 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sehonou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 411,730th most numerous first name in the world, held by 434 people.
Sehonou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 3,311 people, or 1 in 3,122. In Benin Sehonou is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 85 percent reside, Zou Department, where 5 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 3 percent reside. Barring Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 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 Sehonou
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