Houaga Surname
Approximately 1,212 people bear this surname
Houaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,195 | 1:8,649 | 1,192 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Houaga (17) may also be a first name.
Houaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houaga is found most in Benin. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 310,758th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,012,827 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Houaga reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houaga is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 17 people.
The surname Houaga is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 1,195 people, or 1 in 8,649. In Benin Houaga is primarily found in: Kouffo Department, where 87 percent live, Zou Department, where 5 percent live and Littoral Department, where 2 percent live. Besides Benin it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Houaga
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