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 found most in Benin. It may also be rendered as a variant: Houégbe. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houegbe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 344,343rd most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 6,849,197 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houegbe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houegbe is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 37 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 1,048 people, or 1 in 9,862. In Benin Houegbe 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. Not including Benin it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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