Houvou Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Houvou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Houvou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houvou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houvou occurs most in Benin. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houvou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houvou is the 5,812,366th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houvou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Houvou is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin it is most common in: Ouémé Department, where 33 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 22 percent reside and Zou Department, where 22 percent reside. Aside from Benin Houvou occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 9 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
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