Houndekon Surname
Approximately 835 people bear this surname
Houndekon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 805 | 1:12,839 | 1,750 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
The surname Houndekon is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houndekon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 416,572nd most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,727,600 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Houndekon are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houndekon is also the 1,270,172nd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 60 people.
The surname Houndekon is most common in Benin, where it is held by 805 people, or 1 in 12,839. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 46 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 16 percent reside and Zou Department, where 11 percent reside. Barring Benin it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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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