Houessin Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Houessin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 496 | 1:20,838 | 2,785 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Houessin (48) may also be a first name.
Houessin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houessin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houessin is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houessin? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 618,896th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houessin are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houessin is also the 1,448,253rd most widespread given name world-wide, held by 48 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 20,838. In Benin Houessin is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 48 percent live, Littoral Department, where 21 percent live and Kouffo Department, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Benin this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, 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 Houessin
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