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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Hounaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounaye? popularity and diffusion
Hounaye is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounaye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Chadic Africa. Hounaye is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 23 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon Hounaye is most common in: Far North Region, where 95 percent are found and North Region, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Hounaye exists 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
- 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 Hounaye
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