Houessa Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Houessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 248 | 1:41,676 | 5,358 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Houessa (148) may also be a first name.
Houessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houessa is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houessa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,017,412th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houessa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 757,758th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 148 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 248 people, or 1 in 41,676. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 53 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 40 percent live and Collines Department, where 4 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 0 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 Houessa
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