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 or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Hounse.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounse? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,273,756th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Hounse is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hounse are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 151,994. In Benin it is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 85 percent live, Mono Department, where 7 percent live and Zou Department, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Hounse
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