de Houwer Surname

471,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 712 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Houwer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Houwer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium7091:16,2152,490
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

de Houwer Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Houwer is found most frequently in Belgium. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Houwer? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Houwer is the 471,234th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 10,235,317 people. The last name de Houwer is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of de Houwer are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 709 people, or 1 in 16,215. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Belgium this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 0 percent are found and New Zealand, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Hauwer895/
de Howe881/
de Hauwere84355/
de Howes822/
de Huber822/
de Hove752/
de Gouveir741/
de Oever712/
de Howit712/
de Jouve711/
de Chuve711/
de Jover711/
de Gouvea673,036/
de Howitt67115/
de Haever6722/
de Heiber671/
de Awe671/
de Chaver671/
de Gouvei671/
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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 de Houwer
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