Hounkponou Surname

55,686th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Hounkponou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hounkponou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin8,4571:1,222148
Togo4201:17,2575,159
France901:738,03091,686
Ivory Coast431:536,54016,589
Senegal421:347,1271,792
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
England11:55,718,059489,080
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Hounkponou (73) may also be a first name.

Hounkponou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hounkponou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hounkponou is found most frequently in Benin. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hounkponou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 55,686th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 799,336 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Hounkponou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 73 people.

It is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 8,457 people, or 1 in 1,222. In Benin Hounkponou is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 40 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 19 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Benin Hounkponou exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 5 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Hounkponou Last Name Statistics demography

Hounkponou earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.05% less than the national average, earning R 92,568 per year.

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