Hounyovi Surname
Approximately 906 people bear this surname
Hounyovi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 880 | 1:11,745 | 1,612 |
| Senegal | 14 | 1:1,041,382 | 3,211 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Hounyovi (28) may also be a first name.
Hounyovi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounyovi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hounyovi occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounyovi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 390,762nd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 8,043,649 people. The last name Hounyovi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hounyovi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hounyovi is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 28 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 880 people, or 1 in 11,745. In Benin Hounyovi is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 28 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 27 percent live and Littoral Department, where 14 percent live. Besides Benin this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunyovi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Honyovi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Hounyowi | 88 | 10 | / |
| Hounyoui | 88 | 7 | / |
| Hounyove | 88 | 6 | / |
| Hounhovi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Hougnovi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Houngnovi | 82 | 6 | / |
| Chunyova | 75 | 6 | / |
| Chonyova | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hounhowi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Anyovi | 71 | 2,310 | / |
| Chonhovai | 71 | 88 | / |
| Unyove | 71 | 63 | / |
| Onyobi | 71 | 46 | / |
| Chonhovoi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Houngiavi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Unyova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hanyoui | 67 | 94 | / |
| Hanyova | 67 | 26 | / |
| Hunjavi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oonyobi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hunyavy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onyawoi | 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 Hounyovi
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