Hounkpo Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Hounkpo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 179 | 1:57,741 | 7,156 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Hounkpo (17) may also be a first name.
Hounkpo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounkpo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hounkpo is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounkpo? popularity and diffusion
Hounkpo is the 1,263,456th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. Hounkpo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounkpo live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 17 people.
The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 179 people, or 1 in 57,741. In Benin it is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 48 percent live, Collines Department, where 32 percent live and Littoral Department, where 7 percent live. Not including Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hounkpoa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Honkpo | 92 | 9 | / |
| Hunkpo | 92 | 3 | / |
| Hounkpa | 86 | 44 | / |
| Ounkpoa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Honkpoa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Honnkpo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gounkpo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Onkpo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Unkpo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hounkpaï | 80 | 29 | / |
| Ayounkpo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Aihonkpo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ounkpa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Hongpo | 77 | 8 | / |
| Onkpoa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Honkpa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eunkpo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gonkpo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chongpo | 71 | 69 | / |
| Gounkpa | 71 | 21 | / |
| Hongpoo | 71 | 19 | / |
| Hongpho | 71 | 14 | / |
| Ahankpo | 71 | 13 | / |
| Khongpo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ojenkpo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Hongpoy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chankpo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Houmkpa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Usenkpo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iyonkpo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hongphot | 67 | 195 | / |
| Ankpo | 67 | 162 | / |
| Chungpoo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Khongpho | 67 | 7 | / |
| Onkpa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hongphoo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cheungpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unkpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahiankpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khongpoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khuengpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gounkpah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hongphoa | 67 | 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
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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 Hounkpo
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