Hounsala Surname
Approximately 1,206 people bear this surname
Hounsala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 963 | 1:14,114 | 1,774 |
| Cameroon | 243 | 1:85,469 | 10,380 |
Hounsala (474) may also be a first name.
Hounsala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounsala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hounsala occurs in Chad more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounsala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 311,995th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,042,741 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounsala live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Chadic Africa. Hounsala is also the 390,891st most commonly used first name globally It is held by 474 people.
The last name is most common in Chad, where it is borne by 963 people, or 1 in 14,114. Beside Chad this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Hounsala
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