Houndenou Surname
Approximately 1,679 people bear this surname
Houndenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,665 | 1:6,208 | 844 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Houndenou (26) may also be a first name.
Houndenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houndenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houndenou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houndenou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 238,706th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,340,409 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houndenou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 26 people.
The surname is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 1,665 people, or 1 in 6,208. In Benin Houndenou is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 59 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 12 percent are found and Zou Department, where 9 percent are found. Barring Benin it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hondenou | 94 | 13 | / |
| Ouendenou | 89 | 2 | / |
| Houndinou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Hundenu | 88 | 121 | / |
| Oundeno | 88 | 4 | / |
| Houndesinnou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ouendeno | 82 | 25,314 | / |
| Ouéndeno | 82 | 1 | / |
| Houndessinnou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ondeno | 80 | 761 | / |
| Ondenot | 75 | 355 | / |
| Ondengo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Hundino | 75 | 2 | / |
| Oundino | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ondengu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oundena | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gondenu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hondino | 75 | 0 | / |
| Khondengoy | 74 | 1 | / |
| Gandenou | 71 | 41 | / |
| Ouendéno | 71 | 35 | / |
| Hondyono | 71 | 29 | / |
| Yendenou | 71 | 5 | / |
| Andenous | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ouéndéno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chandinou | 67 | 75 | / |
| Undino | 67 | 37 | / |
| Andeno | 67 | 20 | / |
| Andenu | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ondino | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ondenault | 67 | 4 | / |
| Atindenou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ondena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ondinu | 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
- 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 Houndenou
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