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
Houkou is most common in Benin. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houkou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,394,033rd most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Houkou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 16 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 191,400. In Benin Houkou is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 78 percent reside, Collines Department, where 20 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 13 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 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
- 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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