Houngnon Surname
Approximately 768 people bear this surname
Houngnon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 737 | 1:14,024 | 1,917 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Houngnon (73) may also be a first name.
Houngnon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houngnon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houngnon occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Houngnon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houngnon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 444,536th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 9,488,992 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Houngnon live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently used forename globally, held by 73 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 737 people, or 1 in 14,024. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 34 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 15 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Benin it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Houngnon
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