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 more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Houndjè or Houndjé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houndje? popularity and diffusion
Houndje is the 322,477th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 6,298,657 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Houndje live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houndje is also the 1,152,838th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 71 people.
The surname Houndje is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 1,102 people, or 1 in 9,379. In Benin Houndje is most numerous in: Atlantique Department, where 31 percent are found, Zou Department, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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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