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 most in Benin. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Houngan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houngan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 369,191st most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,482,080 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Houngan are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 20 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 963 people, or 1 in 10,733. In Benin Houngan is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 37 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 27 percent live and Littoral Department, where 20 percent live. Not including Benin this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Houngan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally 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
- 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 Houngan
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