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 last name Hounaye is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name is primarily found 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 numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 23 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 95 percent live and North Region, where 5 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 35 percent live.
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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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