Sehou Surname
Approximately 2,622 people bear this surname
Sehou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,865 | 1:5,542 | 731 |
| Cameroon | 650 | 1:31,952 | 4,313 |
| Ivory Coast | 72 | 1:320,434 | 11,797 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Séhou (1) are calculated separately.
Sehou (3,101) may also be a first name.
Sehou Demographics
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Sehou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sehou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Séhou. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sehou is the 165,250th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,779,384 people. Sehou is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sehou are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 129,452nd most common first name globally, held by 3,101 people.
It is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 1,865 people, or 1 in 5,542. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 63 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 9 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 7 percent are found. Not including Benin Sehou is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found.
Sehou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sehou surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.
Sehou earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.84% more than the national average, earning $45,238 USD per year.
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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 Sehou
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