Houngue Surname
Approximately 12,445 people bear this surname
Houngue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 11,760 | 1:879 | 101 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Cameroon | 162 | 1:128,204 | 14,516 |
| Ivory Coast | 44 | 1:524,346 | 16,367 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Houngue (632) may also be a first name.
Houngue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houngue Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houngue occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houngue? popularity and diffusion
The last name Houngue is the 41,946th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 585,580 people. Houngue is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houngue are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houngue is also the 331,170th most frequently used forename internationally, borne by 632 people.
The surname Houngue is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 11,760 people, or 1 in 879. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 24 percent live, Mono Department, where 23 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 19 percent live. Aside from Benin it is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 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 Houngue
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