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 is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Houndaï or Houndaî. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houndai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houndai is the 1,364,059th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. Houndai occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houndai live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houndai is also the 1,994,417th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 28 people.
The surname Houndai is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 66,254. In Benin Houndai is mostly found in: Atlantique Department, where 47 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 31 percent live and Zou Department, where 17 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis