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
The surname Houko occurs most in Benin. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houko? popularity and diffusion
Houko is the 980,795th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The surname 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.
It is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 255 people, or 1 in 40,532. In Benin Houko is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 85 percent reside, Collines Department, where 11 percent reside and Kouffo Department, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Benin Houko is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 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
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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 Houko
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