Hounan Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Hounan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Hounan (3,811) may also be a first name.
Hounan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hounan occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hounan is the 3,228,735th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Hounan are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Mande Africa. Hounan is also the 113,884th most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 3,811 people.
The last name Hounan is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 795,560. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly found in: Montagnes District, where 69 percent live and Lacs District, where 31 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 11 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
Hounan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hounan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hounan surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Hounan
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