Houedako Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Houedako Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Houedako Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin831:124,52513,573
Ivory Coast251:922,84923,346

The alternate forms: Houédako (1) are calculated separately.

Houedako Last Name Facts

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

The last name Houedako is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Houédako. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Houedako? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,765,740th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Houedako live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Houedako is most common in Benin, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 124,525. In Benin Houedako is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 41 percent reside, Zou Department, where 20 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 17 percent reside. Not including Benin this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 23 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Houédako961/
Houdako931/
Houedeko887/
Houedaco883/
Houdakoi881/
Houedokou82471/
Houdoko802/
Choudaka754/
Goudakou753/
Houdokou752/
Houdekou751/
Houdoukou716/
Yedako713/
Choudakka711/
Oyedeko67137/
Ojodako6751/
Oyedoko6714/
Goudoko673/
Vedayko672/
Beedako671/
Uyedeko671/
Goudaka671/

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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 Houedako
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