Vanhoun Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Vanhoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 51 | 1:359,845 | 5,851 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vanhoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vanhoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vanhoun occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Vanhoun.
How Common Is The Last Name Vanhoun? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,661,929th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Vanhoun live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Vanhoun is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 359,845. In Burkina Faso Vanhoun is primarily found in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 98 percent reside and Sahel Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Burkina Faso it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside and The United States, 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
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- 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 Vanhoun
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