Hounguevou Surname
Approximately 3,309 people bear this surname
Hounguevou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3,291 | 1:3,141 | 377 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hounguevou (156) may also be a first name.
Hounguevou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounguevou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hounguevou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounguevou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 135,772nd most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,202,341 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounguevou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hounguevou is also the 735,679th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 156 people.
The surname Hounguevou is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 3,291 people, or 1 in 3,141. In Benin it is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 52 percent reside, Zou Department, where 23 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 13 percent reside. Not including Benin it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houngevou | 95 | 33 | / |
| Hounguevo | 95 | 5 | / |
| Hunguevou | 95 | 3 | / |
| Honguevou | 95 | 2 | / |
| Hounguevoue | 95 | 1 | / |
| Houngueevou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Houjnguevou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Houngbevou | 90 | 3 | / |
| Houmguevou | 90 | 1 | / |
| Houngwevou | 90 | 1 | / |
| Honnguevou | 90 | 1 | / |
| Hunguevu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Houngevu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Hungevu | 82 | 265 | / |
| Hungevo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Hjungevu | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chongueva | 74 | 1 | / |
| Hongeva | 71 | 14 | / |
| Ungwevo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Onguebu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Hungeva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chongewo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hounguevou
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