Houecande Surname

1,257,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Houecande Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Houecande Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1811:57,1037,085
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Houecande Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Houecande Come From? nationality or country of origin

Houecande occurs most in Benin. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Houecande? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,257,535th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Houecande reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 57,103. In Benin it is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 35 percent live, Zou Department, where 31 percent live and Littoral Department, where 15 percent live. Besides Benin this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Houekande8997/
Houkande821/
Ouzande7575/
Ouconde751/
Choukhande7484/
Oyekande711/
Houzonde711/
Chueckamdee702/
Chaukande6720/
Houèkandé671/
Gouekandi671/
Gouekandj671/
Eascander671/
Choukanda671/
Iheakande671/
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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 Houecande
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