Hounssou Surname
Approximately 1,014 people bear this surname
Hounssou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,002 | 1:10,315 | 1,423 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
Hounssou (100) may also be a first name.
Hounssou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounssou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hounssou is found most frequently in Benin. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounssou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hounssou is the 357,784th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,186,929 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounssou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hounssou is also the 946,056th most frequently held forename at a global level. It is borne by 100 people.
The last name Hounssou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 1,002 people, or 1 in 10,315. In Benin Hounssou is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 37 percent reside, Zou Department, where 14 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 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
- 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 Hounssou
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