Zihou Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Zihou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Zihou (59) may also be a first name.
Zihou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zihou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zihou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zihou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Zihou are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 29 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most widespread given name on earth, held by 59 people.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin Zihou is most frequent in: Littoral Department, where 50 percent live and Mono Department, where 50 percent live. Beside Benin this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent live and The Congo, where 14 percent live.
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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 Zihou
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