Sihou Surname
Approximately 431 people bear this surname
Sihou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 381 | 1:27,128 | 3,602 |
| France | 32 | 1:2,075,710 | 171,237 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sihou (698) may also be a first name.
Sihou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sihou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sihou is found most in Benin. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sihou.
How Common Is The Last Name Sihou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 687,524th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,908,459 people. The last name Sihou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sihou reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sihou is also the 312,842nd most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 698 people.
The surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 381 people, or 1 in 27,128. In Benin it is most numerous in: Mono Department, where 60 percent reside, Zou Department, where 17 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Benin it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in France, where 7 percent reside and Niger, where 2 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 Sihou
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