Hounyeme Surname
Approximately 2,691 people bear this surname
Hounyeme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,665 | 1:3,878 | 493 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
The alternate forms: Hounyémè (1) are calculated separately.
Hounyeme (63) may also be a first name.
Hounyeme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounyeme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hounyeme is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Hounyémè. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounyeme? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 161,742nd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,708,118 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hounyeme live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hounyeme is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently used given name on earth. It is borne by 63 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 2,665 people, or 1 in 3,878. In Benin Hounyeme is most common in: Ouémé Department, where 44 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 30 percent live and Zou Department, where 14 percent live. Besides Benin Hounyeme is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hounyemey | 94 | 24 | / |
| Hounyieme | 94 | 1 | / |
| Hunyeme | 93 | 49 | / |
| Hounyémè | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hunyemeh | 88 | 7 | / |
| Hounyemi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Hunyemme | 88 | 1 | / |
| Onyeme | 86 | 1,885 | / |
| Unyeme | 86 | 10 | / |
| Houngneme | 82 | 3 | / |
| Onyemeh | 80 | 186 | / |
| Unyieme | 80 | 53 | / |
| Onyieme | 80 | 25 | / |
| Ounyemi | 80 | 14 | / |
| Ounyema | 80 | 6 | / |
| Onyemee | 80 | 4 | / |
| Onyemer | 80 | 3 | / |
| Hungeme | 80 | 3 | / |
| Onyemme | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hunyema | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gonyeme | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onyemes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hoinyime | 75 | 1 | / |
| Onyemehs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hounhime | 75 | 1 | / |
| Onyema | 71 | 47,933 | / |
| Unyime | 71 | 827 | / |
| Anyeme | 71 | 247 | / |
| Onyime | 71 | 47 | / |
| Onyemi | 71 | 7 | / |
| Onieme | 71 | 5 | / |
| Unyema | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ongeme | 71 | 3 | / |
| Onjeme | 71 | 3 | / |
| Onyemuhie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Uniyme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Unjeme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyemma | 67 | 163 | / |
| Gunyemi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ounjema | 67 | 5 | / |
| Onyiema | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onyemaa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Otnyemi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ganyeme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oniyome | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onijeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahnieme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ounjime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onyemoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uynyime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ungieme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oinyema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onyiemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onyemai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unyimeh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hounyeme
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