Houndekon Surname

416,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 835 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Houndekon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Houndekon Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin8051:12,8391,750
France211:3,162,987209,042
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Houndekon (60) may also be a first name.

Houndekon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Houndekon Come From? nationality or country of origin

Houndekon is found most in Benin. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Houndekon? popularity and diffusion

The last name Houndekon is the 416,572nd most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 8,727,600 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Houndekon live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houndekon is also the 1,270,172nd most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 60 people.

The surname Houndekon is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 805 people, or 1 in 12,839. In Benin it is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 46 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 16 percent reside and Zou Department, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Houndekoun954/
Hundekon9412/
Houndekan8923/
Houndecon897/
Aundekon827/
Undekond823/
Hundekun822/
Ondekong821/
Ahandekon781/
Andekon752/
Undekan751/
Chondekhan742/
Gandekon71106/
Ondekane7122/
Atindekon671/
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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 Houndekon
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