Hounkalin Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Hounkalin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Hounkalin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounkalin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hounkalin is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounkalin? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Hounkalin occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounkalin reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 258,390. In Benin Hounkalin is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 48 percent are found, Kouffo Department, where 15 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Benin Hounkalin exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hounkahlin | 95 | 1 | / |
| Hunkalin | 94 | 3 | / |
| Hankalin | 82 | 11 | / |
| Onkaling | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ankalin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hankolin | 71 | 15 | / |
| Ankalina | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ungkalng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onkaleng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chongkholien | 67 | 21 | / |
| Goncalina | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chunkholen | 63 | 21 | / |
| Hojongkoln | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ancalin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Cheenkallen | 60 | 1 | / |
| Chancolin | 56 | 25 | / |
| Gancalina | 56 | 1 | / |
| Uncoln | 53 | 2 | / |
| Ancolin | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Hounkalin
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