Hounga Surname
Approximately 7,023 people bear this surname
Hounga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 6,928 | 1:1,492 | 190 |
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Hounga (727) may also be a first name.
Hounga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hounga is found most in Benin. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 70,383rd most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,037,669 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounga live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 305,933rd most widespread forename at a global level It is held by 727 people.
It is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 6,928 people, or 1 in 1,492. In Benin it is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 34 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 27 percent are found and Zou Department, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Benin Hounga exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, 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 Hounga
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