Hounla Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Hounla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 25 | 1:413,424 | 29,829 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
Hounla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hounla is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hounla click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounla? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,274,477th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Hounla occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounla are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 413,424. In Benin Hounla is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 92 percent live and Borgou Department, where 8 percent live. Not including Benin this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 31 percent live.
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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 Hounla
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