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 last name Hounga occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 70,383rd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,037,669 people. The last name Hounga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounga reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hounga is also the 305,933rd most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 727 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 6,928 people, or 1 in 1,492. In Benin it is most frequent 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 this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common 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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