Houetan Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Houetan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Houetan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houetan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houetan occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houetan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houetan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Houetan is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 939,600. In Benin it is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 91 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Benin this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Houetan
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