Dossou-Houegbe Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Dossou-Houegbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 26 | 1:397,523 | 29,143 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Dossou-Houegbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dossou-Houegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dossou-Houegbe occurs most in Benin. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dossou-Houegbe.
How Common Is The Last Name Dossou-Houegbe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Dossou-Houegbe live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 397,523. In Benin Dossou-Houegbe is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 65 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 31 percent reside. Excluding Benin this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Ireland, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dossa-Hegbe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Dossou-Agbe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Dossougbe | 78 | 48 | / |
| Doussougbe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dossouagbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dossogbe | 73 | 8 | / |
| Dossou-Agbo | 72 | 21 | / |
| Dossougbo | 70 | 29 | / |
| Tossougbe | 70 | 2 | / |
| Dossougbé | 70 | 1 | / |
| Tossou-Yagbe | 69 | 1 | / |
| Dossou-Aïgba | 69 | 1 | / |
| Dossou-Kpe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tossou-Gbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dossouagba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dossou-Houegbe
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