Houekpe Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Houekpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 37 | 1:279,341 | 23,629 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Houekpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houekpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houekpe is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houekpe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,185,033rd most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houekpe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 279,341. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 73 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 16 percent are found and Collines Department, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Benin it occurs in one country. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houkpe | 92 | 22 | / |
| Houekpeha | 88 | 2 | / |
| Choukpe | 86 | 16 | / |
| Houhkpe | 86 | 4 | / |
| Gouekpe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Houkpei | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oukpe | 83 | 54 | / |
| Aihoukpe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Houkpa | 77 | 21 | / |
| Oyekpe | 77 | 12 | / |
| Oekpeh | 77 | 4 | / |
| Uyekpe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Houkpé | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ojekpe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oukpeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Houekpoha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uekp | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ighekpe | 71 | 239 | / |
| Chiekpe | 71 | 48 | / |
| Choukpa | 71 | 36 | / |
| Heikepe | 71 | 13 | / |
| Ogiekpe | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ojuokpe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ohiokpe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Yekpe | 67 | 518 | / |
| Eikpe | 67 | 61 | / |
| Aekpe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oukpi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Eekpe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oukpa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Huikp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uyiekpeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejkpe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aukpe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Houekpe
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