Hounaye Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Hounaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
Hounaye (23) may also be a first name.
Hounaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hounaye is found most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,543,123rd most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounaye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 23 people.
Hounaye is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon Hounaye is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 95 percent are found and North Region, where 5 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 35 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
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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 Hounaye
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