Hounsa Surname
Approximately 17,180 people bear this surname
Hounsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 14,054 | 1:735 | 73 |
| Ethiopia | 2,737 | 1:35,640 | 4,079 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Ivory Coast | 31 | 1:744,233 | 20,430 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Hounsa (1,384) may also be a first name.
Hounsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hounsa is most common in Benin. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Hounsa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounsa? popularity and diffusion
Hounsa is the 31,086th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 424,188 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounsa are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 210,436th most commonly held given name throughout the world It is held by 1,384 people.
The last name Hounsa is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 14,054 people, or 1 in 735. In Benin Hounsa is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 39 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 24 percent live and Zou Department, where 18 percent live. Not including Benin this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 16 percent live and Mali, where 2 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
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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 Hounsa
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