Honou Surname
Approximately 945 people bear this surname
Honou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 505 | 1:20,467 | 2,734 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Honou (44) may also be a first name.
Honou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Honou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Honou occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Honou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 378,019th most frequent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,711,689 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Honou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 44 people.
Honou is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 505 people, or 1 in 20,467. In Benin Honou is most common in: Mono Department, where 36 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 32 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin Honou occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 44 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 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 Honou
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