Hounwado Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Hounwado Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 161 | 1:64,196 | 7,878 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
Hounwado Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounwado Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hounwado is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounwado? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hounwado is the 1,359,010th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. The surname Hounwado is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hounwado are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 64,196. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Collines Department, where 60 percent live, Zou Department, where 17 percent live and Borgou Department, where 9 percent live. Besides Benin this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
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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 Hounwado
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