Houedan Surname
Approximately 749 people bear this surname
Houedan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 745 | 1:13,873 | 1,891 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Houedan (25) may also be a first name.
Houedan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houedan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houedan is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Houedan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houedan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houedan is the 452,985th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,729,701 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houedan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houedan is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 745 people, or 1 in 13,873. In Benin it is primarily found in: Atlantique Department, where 57 percent live, Zou Department, where 20 percent live and Littoral Department, where 9 percent live. Excluding Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 0 percent live and The United States, 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 Houedan
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