Houkou Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Houkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 54 | 1:191,400 | 18,375 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Houkou (16) may also be a first name.
Houkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houkou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houkou? popularity and diffusion
Houkou is the 2,394,033rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname Houkou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Houkou are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous forename globally, borne by 16 people.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 191,400. In Benin Houkou is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 78 percent are found, Collines Department, where 20 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 2 percent are found. Other than Benin it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 13 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 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 Houkou
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