Hounse Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Hounse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 68 | 1:151,994 | 15,721 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hounse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hounse is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounse? popularity and diffusion
Hounse is the 2,273,756th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Hounse occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hounse live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 151,994. In Benin Hounse is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 85 percent reside, Mono Department, where 7 percent reside and Zou Department, where 6 percent reside. Not including Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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 Hounse
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