Houto Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Houto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Houto (41) may also be a first name.
Houto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houto is found most in Benin. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houto? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,979,664th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Houto are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houto is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring given name in the world, borne by 41 people.
The surname Houto is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 543,979. In Benin Houto is most numerous in: Kouffo Department, where 42 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 21 percent reside and Zou Department, where 21 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 35 percent reside and Niger, where 16 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 Houto
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