Houndekan Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Houndekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Houndekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houndekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houndekan is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Houndekan.
How Common Is The Last Name Houndekan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Houndekan occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houndekan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 492,172. In Benin Houndekan is most common in: Mono Department, where 71 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 19 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Benin this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houndekon | 89 | 835 | / |
| Houndokan | 89 | 1 | / |
| Undekan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Houndekoun | 84 | 4 | / |
| Chondekhan | 84 | 2 | / |
| Ondekane | 82 | 22 | / |
| Hundekon | 82 | 12 | / |
| Houndakon | 78 | 19 | / |
| Houndecon | 78 | 7 | / |
| Hondekeyn | 78 | 2 | / |
| Andekan | 75 | 54 | / |
| Undikan | 75 | 20 | / |
| Undokan | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chandekhan | 74 | 5 | / |
| Khandekane | 74 | 2 | / |
| Hondekeijn | 74 | 1 | / |
| Andekean | 71 | 16 | / |
| Aundekon | 71 | 7 | / |
| Undekond | 71 | 3 | / |
| Undikhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ondekong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gandekaan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oumdjkane | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ahandekon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayundokan | 67 | 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 Houndekan
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