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
The surname Houaga is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 310,758th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 6,012,827 people. The surname Houaga is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Houaga live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houaga is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 17 people.
This surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 1,195 people, or 1 in 8,649. In Benin Houaga is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 87 percent are found, Zou Department, where 5 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Benin Houaga exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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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