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 found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Hounwake click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounwake? popularity and diffusion
Hounwake is the 2,909,720th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounwake are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Hounwake is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 240,363. In Benin Hounwake is primarily found in: Littoral Department, where 56 percent are found, Zou Department, where 42 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 2 percent are found. Beside Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 2 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 2 percent are found.
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
- 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 Hounwake
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