Globally, Nouhou (Nouhou 
) is quite a common principally masculine, but very seldom female first name. The forename Nouhou is habitual in Cameroon, where it is quite a common principally male, but scarcely female name, Libya, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Togo, where it is quite a rare male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Cameroon, Mali, and Libya. Likewise, Nouhou is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Nouhou | Togo, Mali, Guinea, Cameroon, Niger |
| nouhou malio Nigerien storyteller, NE (b. 1915) |
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| nouhou bako Nigerien officer, NE (b. 1944) |
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nouhou tolo Cameroonian association football player, CM (b. 1997) |
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