Houndai Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Houndai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 156 | 1:66,254 | 8,094 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
The alternate forms: Houndaï (140) & Houndaî (7) are calculated separately.
Houndai (28) may also be a first name.
Houndai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houndai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houndai occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Houndaï or Houndaî. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houndai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,364,059th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name Houndai is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houndai reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houndai is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 28 people.
The surname is most common in Benin, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 66,254. In Benin Houndai is most prevalent in: Atlantique Department, where 47 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 31 percent live and Zou Department, where 17 percent live. Not including Benin it occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 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
- 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 Houndai
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