Hounsah Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Hounsah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Hounsah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounsah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hounsah occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounsah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hounsah is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Hounsah live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Hounsah is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 469,800. In Benin it is most frequent in: Littoral Department, where 68 percent reside, Zou Department, where 23 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 5 percent reside. Barring Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 21 percent reside and Morocco, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Hounsah
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