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 more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounhou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,876,555th most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounhou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 468,098. In Niger Hounhou is most prevalent in: Agadez Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Niger this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Hounhou
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