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
The last name Houenon is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houenon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 298,199th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,706,770 people. The last name Houenon occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houenon are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houenon is also the 1,994,417th most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 28 people.
This last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 1,274 people, or 1 in 8,113. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 53 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, 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 Houenon
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