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 surname Houehou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Houéhou. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houehou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Houehou is the 359,713th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,236,888 people. The last name Houehou occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Houehou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 995 people, or 1 in 10,388. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 52 percent are found, Collines Department, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 8 percent are found. Beside Benin this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found 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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