Houngbe Surname
Approximately 1,116 people bear this surname
Houngbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,088 | 1:9,500 | 1,328 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
The alternate forms: Houngbè (1) & Houngbé (1) are calculated separately.
Houngbe (25) may also be a first name.
Houngbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houngbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houngbe is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Houngbè or Houngbé. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houngbe? popularity and diffusion
Houngbe is the 331,528th most prevalent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 6,530,059 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houngbe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname Houngbe is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 1,088 people, or 1 in 9,500. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 31 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 27 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 24 percent live. Besides Benin it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Houngbe
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