Wahou Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Wahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 156 | 1:147,893 | 6,937 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Wahou (122) may also be a first name.
Wahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wahou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺍﻩ) is most common in The Ivory Coast. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,218,745th most widespread family name in the world, held by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Wahou are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 844,248th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 122 people.
The surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 147,893. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Montagnes District, where 69 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 11 percent live. Apart from The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 10 percent live and Mauritania, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wahou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wahou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺍﻩ | awah | 50 |
| ﺃﻭﺍﻫﻮ | awahw | 50 |
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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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- 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 Wahou
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