Houegan Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Houegan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 132 | 1:78,300 | 9,304 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Houegan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houegan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houegan is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houegan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Houegan is the 1,544,715th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Houegan reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Houegan is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 78,300. In Benin it is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 45 percent live, Zou Department, where 39 percent live and Collines Department, where 14 percent live. Aside from Benin Houegan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Houegan
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