Houngan Surname
Approximately 974 people bear this surname
Houngan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 963 | 1:10,733 | 1,477 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
Houngan (20) may also be a first name.
Houngan Demographics
Houngan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Houngan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houngan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houngan occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Houngan.
How Common Is The Last Name Houngan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 369,191st most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,482,080 people. The surname Houngan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Houngan reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houngan is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 20 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 963 people, or 1 in 10,733. In Benin Houngan is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 37 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 27 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Benin it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Houngan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Houngan
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