Housou Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Housou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 102 | 1:101,329 | 11,505 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Housou (12) may also be a first name.
Housou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Housou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Housou is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Housou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Housou is the 1,736,881st most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Housou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Housou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Housou is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name in the world, held by 12 people.
The surname Housou is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 101,329. In Benin Housou is primarily found in: Ouémé Department, where 76 percent live, Plateau Department, where 9 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 5 percent live. Apart from Benin this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and Niger, 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 Housou
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