Hounks Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Hounks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Hounks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hounks is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounks? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hounks is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Hounks live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Hounks is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 83 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent are found.
Hounks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hounks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hounks surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Hounks
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