Houndegnon Surname
Approximately 636 people bear this surname
Houndegnon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 629 | 1:16,432 | 2,216 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Houndegnon (18) may also be a first name.
Houndegnon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houndegnon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houndegnon occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houndegnon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houndegnon is the 513,430th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 11,458,406 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houndegnon reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houndegnon is also the 2,608,198th most numerous given name throughout the world, borne by 18 people.
The surname is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 629 people, or 1 in 16,432. In Benin Houndegnon is primarily found in: Collines Department, where 50 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 13 percent are found and Zou Department, where 11 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 1 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houndenon | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ohouendegnon | 91 | 1 | / |
| Houndenoun | 90 | 2 | / |
| Goundegnon | 90 | 2 | / |
| Houndegnan | 90 | 1 | / |
| Ondenon | 82 | 2 | / |
| Houndetingnan | 78 | 42 | / |
| Gandegnon | 74 | 177 | / |
| Houndinhan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Handenan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gandeanon | 63 | 1 | / |
| Cheandenan | 60 | 1 | / |
| Andenan | 59 | 4 | / |
| Andenyan | 56 | 4 | / |
| Andengan | 56 | 2 | / |
| Andenian | 56 | 1 | / |
| Handinan | 56 | 0 | / |
| Gandingon | 53 | 94 | / |
| Undenaung | 53 | 16 | / |
| Gandengan | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gundingan | 53 | 1 | / |
| Handingan | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Houndegnon
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