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 is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounga? popularity and diffusion
Hounga is the 70,383rd most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,037,669 people. The last name occurs mostly 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 frequently used first name in the world, borne by 727 people.
It is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 6,928 people, or 1 in 1,492. In Benin Hounga is most prevalent in: Ouémé Department, where 34 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 27 percent reside and Zou Department, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Benin this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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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