Zehou Surname
Approximately 1,233 people bear this surname
Zehou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,068 | 1:9,678 | 1,347 |
| Algeria | 129 | 1:299,469 | 29,448 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Zehou (230) may also be a first name.
Zehou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zehou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zehou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﻫﻮ) is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zehou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zehou is the 306,572nd most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,910,418 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zehou reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 591,855th most widely held forename globally It is held by 230 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 1,068 people, or 1 in 9,678. In Benin Zehou is primarily concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 70 percent are found, Zou Department, where 20 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 4 percent are found. Not including Benin this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 10 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zehou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zehou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﻫﻮ | alzhw | 94.64 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﻩ | alzh | 3.57 |
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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 Zehou
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