Houngah Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Houngah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 95 | 1:108,796 | 12,203 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Houngah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houngah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houngah is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houngah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houngah is the 1,871,545th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houngah reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Houngah is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 108,796. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atlantique Department, where 49 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 19 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 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 Houngah
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