Hounwake Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Hounwake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hounwake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin431:240,36321,480
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onwake860/
Hounwache821/
Honwaka8098/
Honwaki8070/
Chunwak801/
Hunwicke7523/
Chunhwak7514/
Onweiake751/
Hunuakhe751/
Onwoke71157/
Hanwacker7149/
Omwake7142/
Unwoke7128/
Onwaka7120/
Chunweike7112/
Unwaka718/
Hunuak712/
Uchenwake711/
Onwaki711/
Honvak711/
Umwake711/
Unuakhe67187/
Eunwoke6720/
Onwuaka6718/
Onwueke6717/
Onwauka677/
Onwache677/
Onwuike675/
Houmbak674/
Onwieke674/
Onwuoke673/
Onweaka672/
Onweike671/
Unuakeh671/
Khanwak671/
Hounboueke671/
Homwack671/
Hombake671/
Hunback670/
Honback670/

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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
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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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