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 occurs most in Benin. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houesou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houesou is the 2,168,711th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 141,584. In Benin Houesou is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 41 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 27 percent live and Mono Department, where 10 percent live. Excluding Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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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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