Houinssou Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Houinssou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 224 | 1:46,141 | 5,863 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Houinssou (15) may also be a first name.
Houinssou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houinssou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houinssou is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houinssou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,064,392nd most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name Houinssou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Houinssou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houinssou is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name globally, held by 15 people.
The last name Houinssou is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 224 people, or 1 in 46,141. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 38 percent are found, Kouffo Department, where 19 percent are found and Collines Department, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Benin it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ehouinssou | 95 | 8 | / |
| Houinsou | 94 | 2,851 | / |
| Ouinssou | 94 | 56 | / |
| Houinsso | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ehouinsou | 89 | 121 | / |
| Houiensou | 89 | 3 | / |
| Ouhinssou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ouinsou | 88 | 1,218 | / |
| Houinso | 88 | 2 | / |
| Houinssa | 82 | 16 | / |
| Eouinsou | 82 | 5 | / |
| Ahinssou | 82 | 2 | / |
| Huoinsou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ouhinsou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Youinsou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ahoinsou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ouinso | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ouinsu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Houinsa | 75 | 399 | / |
| Ouimsou | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ahinsou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ouinssa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Houinzo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ouinsa | 67 | 75 | / |
| Ahinsu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ouindjoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouhensous | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Houinssou
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