Hounde Surname
Approximately 648 people bear this surname
Hounde Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 600 | 1:17,226 | 2,336 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
The alternate forms: Houndé (1) are calculated separately.
Hounde (224) may also be a first name.
Hounde Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounde Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hounde is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Houndé. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hounde.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounde? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hounde is the 506,165th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 11,246,213 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Hounde are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 601,629th most frequent first name on earth, held by 224 people.
The surname Hounde is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 600 people, or 1 in 17,226. In Benin it is most common in: Atlantique Department, where 26 percent live, Mono Department, where 16 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 15 percent live. Besides Benin this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live and Niger, where 1 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 Hounde
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