Houesou Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Houesou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 73 | 1:141,584 | 14,936 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Houesou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houesou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houesou is most common in Benin. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houesou? popularity and diffusion
Houesou is the 2,168,711th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Houesou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 141,584. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Ouémé Department, where 41 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 27 percent are found and Mono Department, where 10 percent are found. Barring Benin Houesou exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 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 Houesou
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