Houndje Surname
Approximately 1,157 people bear this surname
Houndje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,102 | 1:9,379 | 1,313 |
| Ivory Coast | 41 | 1:562,713 | 17,068 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Houndjè (2) & Houndjé (1) are calculated separately.
Houndje (71) may also be a first name.
Houndje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houndje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houndje occurs most in Benin. It can be found as a variant: Houndjè or Houndjé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houndje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 322,477th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,298,657 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Houndje live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most numerous given name internationally. It is borne by 71 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 1,102 people, or 1 in 9,379. In Benin Houndje is mostly concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 31 percent live, Zou Department, where 25 percent live and Littoral Department, where 21 percent live. Not including Benin this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Houndje
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