Houanou Surname
Approximately 816 people bear this surname
Houanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 801 | 1:12,903 | 1,767 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Houanou (17) may also be a first name.
Houanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houanou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houanou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 424,145th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,930,816 people. Houanou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Houanou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houanou is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 17 people.
It is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 801 people, or 1 in 12,903. In Benin Houanou is most numerous in: Kouffo Department, where 57 percent live, Zou Department, where 22 percent live and Littoral Department, where 8 percent live. Besides Benin this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 1 percent live and Finland, where 0 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 Houanou
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