Hounai Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Hounai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Hounai (10) may also be a first name.
Hounai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hounai is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Hounai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,136,387th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Hounai occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounai reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Hounai is also the 3,684,242nd most common given name throughout the world, borne by 10 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 324,517. In Cameroon Hounai is mostly found in: North Region, where 61 percent reside and Far North Region, where 39 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 17 percent reside and Benin, where 1 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 Hounai
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