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 last name Hounyeme is found most in Benin. It can occur in the variant forms: Hounyémè. For other potential spellings of Hounyeme click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounyeme? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 161,742nd most widespread surname internationally, held by around 1 in 2,708,118 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hounyeme are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hounyeme is also the 1,234,572nd most common forename in the world. It is borne by 63 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 2,665 people, or 1 in 3,878. In Benin Hounyeme is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 44 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 30 percent are found and Zou Department, where 14 percent are found. Besides Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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