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
Houvou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houvou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houvou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Houvou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin Houvou is primarily found in: Ouémé Department, where 33 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 22 percent reside and Zou Department, where 22 percent reside. Beside Benin this last name is found 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Houvou
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