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 borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zehou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zehou is the 306,572nd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,910,418 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zehou live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 591,855th most frequently held given name world-wide It is held by 230 people.
The last name Zehou is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 1,068 people, or 1 in 9,678. In Benin Zehou is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 70 percent reside, Zou Department, where 20 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 4 percent reside. Besides Benin Zehou is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 10 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside.
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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