Houenon Surname
Approximately 1,277 people bear this surname
Houenon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,274 | 1:8,113 | 1,114 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Houenon (28) may also be a first name.
Houenon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houenon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houenon is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houenon? popularity and diffusion
Houenon is the 298,199th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,706,770 people. The last name Houenon occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houenon live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houenon is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 28 people.
The last name Houenon is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 1,274 people, or 1 in 8,113. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 53 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 25 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 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 Houenon
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