Hountou Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Hountou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Hountou (35) may also be a first name.
Hountou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hountou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hountou is most common in Niger. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hountou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,776,799th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Hountou reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Hountou is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 35 people.
The surname is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 436,182. In Niger Hountou is most numerous in: Tahoua Region, where 41 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 41 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 16 percent reside. Not including Niger it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 6 percent reside and France, where 2 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 Hountou
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