Hounkpevi Surname
Approximately 6,402 people bear this surname
Hounkpevi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 6,375 | 1:1,621 | 205 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
The alternate forms: Hounkpèvi (22) & Hounkpévi (1) are calculated separately.
Hounkpevi (277) may also be a first name.
Hounkpevi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounkpevi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hounkpevi has its highest incidence in Benin. It can appear as a variant: Hounkpèvi or Hounkpévi. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounkpevi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 76,533rd most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,138,323 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounkpevi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 533,704th most common first name on earth, borne by 277 people.
This last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 6,375 people, or 1 in 1,621. In Benin Hounkpevi is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 48 percent reside, Zou Department, where 18 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 12 percent reside. Other than Benin this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hounkpèvi | 96 | 22 | / |
| Hounkpévi | 96 | 1 | / |
| Hunkpevi | 94 | 4 | / |
| Honkpevi | 94 | 1 | / |
| Hounkpevihe | 90 | 1 | / |
| Hounkpeve | 89 | 32 | / |
| Houmkpevi | 89 | 8 | / |
| Hounkpebi | 89 | 2 | / |
| Honnkpevi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Hounkpévie | 84 | 1 | / |
| Homkpevi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gankpevi | 71 | 20 | / |
| Hounkpessoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chungpiwa | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Hounkpevi
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