Hounja Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Hounja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Hounja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hounja is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Hounja.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Hounja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounja are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 80 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 14 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 Hounja
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