Houko Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Houko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 255 | 1:40,532 | 5,219 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Houko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houko Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houko is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houko? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houko is the 980,795th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The last name Houko is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Houko are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 255 people, or 1 in 40,532. In Benin Houko is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 85 percent live, Collines Department, where 11 percent live and Kouffo Department, where 2 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.
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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 Houko
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