Houssounou Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Houssounou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Houssounou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin331:313,20025,349
Niger21:9,596,00886,358

Houssounou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Houssounou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Houssounou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Houssounou.

How Common Is The Last Name Houssounou? popularity and diffusion

Houssounou is the 3,323,005th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houssounou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 313,200. In Benin Houssounou is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 48 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 21 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 12 percent reside. Barring Benin it exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 6 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
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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 Houssounou
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