Hountchonou Surname
Approximately 918 people bear this surname
Hountchonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 917 | 1:11,271 | 1,545 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hountchonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hountchonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hountchonou is found most in Benin. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hountchonou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 386,702nd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 7,938,503 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hountchonou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 917 people, or 1 in 11,271. In Benin Hountchonou is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 75 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 8 percent reside and Collines Department, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Benin this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hountchounou | 96 | 2 | / |
| Hounchonou | 95 | 70 | / |
| Hounconnou | 86 | 8 | / |
| Ounconou | 84 | 1 | / |
| Hounzonou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onchono | 78 | 5 | / |
| Hounzonnou | 76 | 98 | / |
| Hounzounou | 76 | 1 | / |
| Ouncounnou | 76 | 1 | / |
| Ounzonou | 74 | 1 | / |
| Onchongo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Hounzounnou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Chuenchonnoi | 70 | 59 | / |
| Onchanu | 67 | 71 | / |
| Gontshongo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Anchono | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ontsono | 67 | 1 | / |
| Honzounnou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hountchonou
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