Hounwake Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Hounwake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 43 | 1:240,363 | 21,480 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Hounwake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounwake Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hounwake is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Hounwake.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounwake? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hounwake is the 2,909,720th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounwake reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Hounwake is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 240,363. In Benin Hounwake is mostly found in: Littoral Department, where 56 percent live, Zou Department, where 42 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 2 percent live. Besides Benin it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 2 percent live and Ethiopia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onwake | 86 | 0 | / |
| Hounwache | 82 | 1 | / |
| Honwaka | 80 | 98 | / |
| Honwaki | 80 | 70 | / |
| Chunwak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hunwicke | 75 | 23 | / |
| Chunhwak | 75 | 14 | / |
| Onweiake | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hunuakhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Onwoke | 71 | 157 | / |
| Hanwacker | 71 | 49 | / |
| Omwake | 71 | 42 | / |
| Unwoke | 71 | 28 | / |
| Onwaka | 71 | 20 | / |
| Chunweike | 71 | 12 | / |
| Unwaka | 71 | 8 | / |
| Hunuak | 71 | 2 | / |
| Uchenwake | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onwaki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Honvak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Umwake | 71 | 1 | / |
| Unuakhe | 67 | 187 | / |
| Eunwoke | 67 | 20 | / |
| Onwuaka | 67 | 18 | / |
| Onwueke | 67 | 17 | / |
| Onwauka | 67 | 7 | / |
| Onwache | 67 | 7 | / |
| Onwuike | 67 | 5 | / |
| Houmbak | 67 | 4 | / |
| Onwieke | 67 | 4 | / |
| Onwuoke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onweaka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onweike | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unuakeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khanwak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hounboueke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Homwack | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hombake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hunback | 67 | 0 | / |
| Honback | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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- 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 Hounwake
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