Houansou Surname
Approximately 2,019 people bear this surname
Houansou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,003 | 1:5,160 | 673 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Houansou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houansou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houansou is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houansou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 205,521st most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,609,483 people. Houansou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houansou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 2,003 people, or 1 in 5,160. In Benin it is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 68 percent live, Zou Department, where 14 percent live and Littoral Department, where 11 percent live. Outside of Benin this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houanssou | 94 | 66 | / |
| Ouansou | 93 | 2 | / |
| Houanso | 93 | 2 | / |
| Ahounsou | 88 | 36 | / |
| Ohounsou | 88 | 14 | / |
| Houonsou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Houansso | 88 | 1 | / |
| Houamsou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ouanso | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ahounssou | 82 | 15 | / |
| Ohounssou | 82 | 3 | / |
| Auouansou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ahaounsou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Yehounsou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Houandjou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Houanchou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ahonsou | 80 | 428 | / |
| Aounsou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ayihounsou | 78 | 1 | / |
| Aïhonsou | 75 | 16 | / |
| Houandjo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Aihonsou | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ahonssou | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ahoinsou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gohounso | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ouandjou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Houansey | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chouhanshau | 74 | 1 | / |
| Ouansa | 71 | 373 | / |
| Ayihonsou | 71 | 233 | / |
| Ahonsu | 71 | 23 | / |
| Ahoundjou | 71 | 16 | / |
| Ahonso | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ouanzo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Gouhounso | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aihonssou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Haoundjou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ayohounso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oamsou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ohansu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aounzou | 67 | 445 | / |
| Aihonsu | 67 | 220 | / |
| Gouansa | 67 | 136 | / |
| Ouandjo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ouonsio | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ayihonssou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ouansah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ouamsoi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aihonso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ahounsa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ohounsa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chouonssue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoandjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jouonso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouonseu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haounsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouhounsso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouanssa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chouancheu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Houansou
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