Zahou Surname
Approximately 966 people bear this surname
Zahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 660 | 1:34,956 | 2,316 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Algeria | 78 | 1:495,276 | 36,958 |
| Benin | 45 | 1:229,680 | 20,839 |
| Tunisia | 14 | 1:43,616 | 6,025 |
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Zahou (679) may also be a first name.
Zahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zahou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﻫﻮ) is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Zahou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zahou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zahou is the 371,590th most frequent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 7,544,043 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Zahou live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 317,830th most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 679 people.
This last name is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 660 people, or 1 in 34,956. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Montagnes District, where 61 percent are found, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 24 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 11 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 14 percent are found and Algeria, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zahou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zahou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﻫﻮ | alzhw | - |
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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 Zahou
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