Houesso Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Houesso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 47 | 1:219,906 | 20,230 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
Houesso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houesso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houesso is found most in Benin. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houesso? popularity and diffusion
The last name Houesso is the 2,460,878th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Houesso is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houesso reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 219,906. In Benin Houesso is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 36 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 32 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 11 percent are found. Barring Benin Houesso occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 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 Houesso
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