Shehou Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Shehou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 59 | 1:325,288 | 9,578 |
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| Central African Republic | 9 | 1:501,710 | 179 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Shehou (562) may also be a first name.
Shehou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shehou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shehou is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shehou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,674,734th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shehou reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 354,413th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 562 people.
Shehou is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 325,288. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 39 percent live, Zinder Region, where 24 percent live and Diffa Region, where 17 percent live. Other than Niger it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 39 percent live and Central African Republic, where 8 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 Shehou
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