Houehou Surname
Approximately 1,007 people bear this surname
Houehou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 995 | 1:10,388 | 1,437 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Houéhou (4) are calculated separately.
Houehou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houehou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houehou occurs most in Benin. It may appear as: Houéhou. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houehou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 359,713th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 7,236,888 people. Houehou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Houehou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 995 people, or 1 in 10,388. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 52 percent are found, Collines Department, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 8 percent are found. Besides Benin this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, 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 Houehou
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