Hontin Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Hontin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Hontin (41) may also be a first name.
Hontin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hontin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hontin occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hontin.
How Common Is The Last Name Hontin? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 85 percent of Hontin are found; 85 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 85 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Hontin is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 41 people.
It is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Hontin is most prevalent in: Manus, where 94 percent live and Madang, where 6 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea Hontin occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 15 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 Hontin
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