Houngbedji Surname

45,819th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Houngbedji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Houngbedji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin9,4291:1,096124
Togo1,6801:4,314763
Guinea671:176,624962
Ivory Coast311:744,23320,430
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Senegal221:662,6972,512
United States171:21,321,114641,998
France141:4,744,480251,814
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

The alternate forms: Houngbédji (17) are calculated separately.

Houngbedji (298) may also be a first name.

Houngbedji Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Houngbedji Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Houngbedji has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be found as a variant: Houngbédji. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Houngbedji? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 45,819th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 643,947 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Houngbedji live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houngbedji is also the 510,666th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 298 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 9,429 people, or 1 in 1,096. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 20 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 19 percent reside and Kouffo Department, where 14 percent reside. Besides Benin this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 15 percent reside and Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

Houngbedji Last Name Statistics demography

Houngbedji earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.75% more than the national average, earning $46,062 USD per year.

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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 Houngbedji
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