Houekou Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Houekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 158 | 1:65,415 | 7,986 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Houekou (16) may also be a first name.
Houekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houekou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houekou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,380,086th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. Houekou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houekou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous forename world-wide, held by 16 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 65,415. In Benin Houekou is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 52 percent reside, Mono Department, where 32 percent reside and Plateau Department, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Benin it occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Houekou
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