Houngavou Surname
Approximately 907 people bear this surname
Houngavou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 878 | 1:11,772 | 1,616 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Guinea | 10 | 1:1,183,382 | 1,367 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Houngavou (84) may also be a first name.
Houngavou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houngavou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houngavou occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houngavou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Houngavou is the 390,407th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 8,034,781 people. Houngavou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Houngavou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 84 people.
Houngavou is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 878 people, or 1 in 11,772. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 71 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 15 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Benin this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent reside and Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hongavou | 94 | 5 | / |
| Hougavou | 94 | 4 | / |
| Houngavo | 94 | 1 | / |
| Hungavu | 88 | 88 | / |
| Hungavo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Hougabou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Hungava | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ougabou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Houghawout | 74 | 0 | / |
| Ogavu | 71 | 233 | / |
| Ugavu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oungouwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chungava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Changavo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogavo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oungavei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Choughaibou | 70 | 16 | / |
| Angavo | 67 | 88 | / |
| Ongawo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ongabo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ungowu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hugabo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ongava | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ungawu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khongabuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ongowu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agavou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ongabu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Choungaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogavoa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Houngavou
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