Sohou Surname
Approximately 9,931 people bear this surname
Sohou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 5,464 | 1:4,222 | 398 |
| Benin | 3,978 | 1:2,598 | 313 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Sohou (2,792) may also be a first name.
Sohou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sohou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sohou is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 51,606th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 733,818 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Sohou reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sohou is also the 138,098th most common first name on earth, held by 2,792 people.
This last name is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 5,464 people, or 1 in 4,222. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Montagnes District, where 74 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 14 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 4 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 40 percent are found and Togo, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Sohou
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