Hounhou Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Hounhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 41 | 1:468,098 | 12,501 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Hounhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hounhou is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounhou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hounhou is the 2,876,555th most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name Hounhou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounhou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 468,098. In Niger it is most numerous in: Agadez Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Niger Hounhou occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 9 percent reside and The Congo, where 2 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
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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 Hounhou
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