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
The surname Hounza occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hounza? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hounza is the 122,819th most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,959,018 people. The surname 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 frequently held forename globally, held by 177 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 2,737 people, or 1 in 3,776. In Benin Hounza is mostly found in: Mono Department, where 65 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 16 percent reside and Zou Department, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Benin this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Hounza
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