Vahou Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Vahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 213 | 1:108,316 | 5,514 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
Vahou (28) may also be a first name.
Vahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vahou occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vahou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,118,459th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. Vahou occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Vahou are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Mande Africa. Vahou is also the 1,994,417th most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 28 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 108,316. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 75 percent reside, Lagunes District, where 10 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 5 percent reside. Beside The Ivory Coast it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, 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 Vahou
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