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 occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Hounhou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounhou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,876,555th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounhou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Chadic Africa.
Hounhou is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 468,098. In Niger Hounhou is most numerous in: Agadez Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Niger this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 9 percent are found and The Congo, where 2 percent are found.
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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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