Houegbe Surname
Approximately 1,064 people bear this surname
Houegbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,048 | 1:9,862 | 1,369 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
The alternate forms: Houégbe (1) are calculated separately.
Houegbe (37) may also be a first name.
Houegbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houegbe is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Houégbe. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houegbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 344,343rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 6,849,197 people. The last name Houegbe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houegbe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 37 people.
The surname Houegbe is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 1,048 people, or 1 in 9,862. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 57 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 10 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 8 percent are found. Barring Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Houegbe
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