Haoussa Surname
Approximately 2,254 people bear this surname
Haoussa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 1,162 | 1:14,603 | 630 |
| Burkina Faso | 725 | 1:25,313 | 1,573 |
| Algeria | 184 | 1:209,954 | 24,541 |
| Cameroon | 138 | 1:150,500 | 16,554 |
| Niger | 42 | 1:456,953 | 12,306 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Haoussa (4,694) may also be a first name.
Haoussa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Haoussa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Haoussa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻮﺻﺎ) has its highest incidence in Mali. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Haoussa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 187,667th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,233,161 people. Haoussa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Haoussa are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 99,990th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 4,694 people.
The last name Haoussa is most commonly occurring in Mali, where it is carried by 1,162 people, or 1 in 14,603. Excluding Mali this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 32 percent are found and Algeria, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Haoussa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Haoussa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻮﺻﺎ | hwsa | 50 |
| ﻫﻮﺳﺎ | hwsa | 50 |
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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 Haoussa
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