Hounge Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Hounge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Hounge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hounge is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounge? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Hounge are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Hounge is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin Hounge is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 44 percent live, Littoral Department, where 22 percent live and Zou Department, where 22 percent live. Other than Benin Hounge is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 41 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 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
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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 Hounge
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