Sehoue Surname
Approximately 1,827 people bear this surname
Sehoue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,166 | 1:8,864 | 1,226 |
| Ivory Coast | 656 | 1:35,170 | 2,330 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Séhoué (2) are calculated separately.
Sehoue (418) may also be a first name.
Sehoue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehoue Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sehoue is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Séhoué. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehoue? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 222,993rd most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,988,805 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sehoue live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 420,385th most commonly held given name globally. It is borne by 418 people.
The surname Sehoue is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 1,166 people, or 1 in 8,864. In Benin it is primarily found in: Kouffo Department, where 70 percent live, Zou Department, where 18 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 5 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 36 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 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 Sehoue
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