Houedegnon Surname
Approximately 392 people bear this surname
Houedegnon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 388 | 1:26,638 | 3,553 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Houédégnon (1) are calculated separately.
Houedegnon (213) may also be a first name.
Houedegnon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houedegnon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houedegnon is found most in Benin. It can be found as: Houédégnon. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houedegnon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 737,137th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 18,590,678 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houedegnon reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 619,385th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 213 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 388 people, or 1 in 26,638. In Benin Houedegnon is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 55 percent live, Zou Department, where 15 percent live and Littoral Department, where 9 percent live. Aside from Benin it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Gabon, 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
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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 Houedegnon
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