Houffon Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Houffon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 201 | 1:51,421 | 6,484 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Houffon (13) may also be a first name.
Houffon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houffon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houffon occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Houffon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houffon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,177,228th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houffon reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houffon is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 13 people.
The surname Houffon is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 51,421. In Benin Houffon is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 33 percent are found, Collines Department, where 26 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 18 percent are found. Not including Benin it exists in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 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 Houffon
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