Hounyevou Surname
Approximately 428 people bear this surname
Hounyevou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 427 | 1:24,205 | 3,242 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Hounyevou (53) may also be a first name.
Hounyevou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounyevou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hounyevou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounyevou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 691,116th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 17,026,976 people. The surname Hounyevou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounyevou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hounyevou is also the 1,366,219th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 53 people.
The surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 427 people, or 1 in 24,205. In Benin Hounyevou is primarily found in: Ouémé Department, where 59 percent reside, Zou Department, where 27 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Benin this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hounyevo | 94 | 3 | / |
| Houngevou | 89 | 33 | / |
| Hounyivou | 89 | 4 | / |
| Hunyevu | 88 | 20 | / |
| Houngnevou | 84 | 1 | / |
| Hounyeva | 82 | 21 | / |
| Houngevu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Onyevu | 80 | 170 | / |
| Hounhivou | 78 | 2 | / |
| Hungevu | 75 | 265 | / |
| Honyeva | 75 | 10 | / |
| Hunyewu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hungevo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hounhuivou | 74 | 1 | / |
| Hounyibo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Hohnyeva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Husnyeva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Onyewu | 67 | 213 | / |
| Onyebo | 67 | 187 | / |
| Onyebu | 67 | 102 | / |
| Onyivu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Onyewo | 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 Hounyevou
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