Hounza Surname
Approximately 3,720 people bear this surname
Hounza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,737 | 1:3,776 | 484 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Hounza (177) may also be a first name.
Hounza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hounza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hounza occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 122,819th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,959,018 people. Hounza occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hounza live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 685,598th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 177 people.
Hounza is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 2,737 people, or 1 in 3,776. In Benin it is primarily found in: Mono Department, where 65 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 16 percent are found and Zou Department, where 7 percent are found. Not including Benin this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Hounza
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