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
Hounse is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Hounse.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounse? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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.
Hounse is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 151,994. In Benin Hounse is primarily concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 85 percent are found, Mono Department, where 7 percent are found and Zou Department, where 6 percent are found. Barring Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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
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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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