Hondji Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Hondji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 65 | 1:159,009 | 16,217 |
| Ivory Coast | 37 | 1:623,547 | 18,271 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Hondji (11) may also be a first name.
Hondji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hondji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hondji is found most in Benin. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Hondji.
How Common Is The Last Name Hondji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,795,579th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Hondji live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hondji is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 11 people.
Hondji is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 159,009. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 38 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 26 percent reside and Mono Department, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Benin Hondji occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 35 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Hondji
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