Hougbe Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Hougbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 359 | 1:28,790 | 3,817 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Hougbe (35) may also be a first name.
Hougbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hougbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hougbe occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hougbe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 748,537th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hougbe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hougbe is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 35 people.
The last name Hougbe is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 359 people, or 1 in 28,790. In Benin Hougbe is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 72 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 11 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 7 percent are found. Other than Benin it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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 Hougbe
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