Hounyi Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Hounyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 43 | 1:240,363 | 21,480 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Hounyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hounyi occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounyi? popularity and diffusion
Hounyi is the 2,944,094th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Hounyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounyi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 240,363. In Benin it is most numerous in: Atlantique Department, where 79 percent live, Zou Department, where 12 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 5 percent live. Not including Benin this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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 Hounyi
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