Houndou Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Houndou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Houndou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houndou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houndou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻨﺪﻭ) occurs in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houndou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Houndou is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Houndou live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 1,066,223. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 83 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 11 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Niger this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 16 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houndou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houndou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻨﺪﻭ | hndw | 50 |
| ﻫﻨﺪ | hnd | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Houndou
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