Hounssa Surname
Approximately 383 people bear this surname
Hounssa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 366 | 1:28,239 | 3,740 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Hounssa (18) may also be a first name.
Hounssa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounssa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hounssa occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounssa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hounssa is the 749,861st most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. The surname Hounssa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounssa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hounssa is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 18 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 28,239. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 38 percent are found, Zou Department, where 13 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Benin Hounssa exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 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 Hounssa
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