Yanhou Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Yanhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
Yanhou (2,002) may also be a first name.
Yanhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yanhou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanhou? popularity and diffusion
Yanhou is the 3,798,600th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Yanhou live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 168,919th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 2,002 people.
The last name Yanhou is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 67 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 11 percent reside and Donga Department, where 11 percent reside. Other than Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 33 percent reside and Taiwan, where 22 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 Yanhou
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