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 is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houanou? popularity and diffusion
Houanou is the 424,145th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,930,816 people. The last name Houanou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Houanou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houanou is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 17 people.
The last name Houanou is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 801 people, or 1 in 12,903. In Benin Houanou is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 57 percent reside, Zou Department, where 22 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 8 percent reside. Other than Benin it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 1 percent reside and Finland, where 0 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 Houanou
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