Houambo Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Houambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 143 | 1:145,238 | 16,093 |
| Benin | 48 | 1:215,325 | 19,968 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Houambo (102) may also be a first name.
Houambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houambo occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houambo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,198,640th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houambo reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Houambo is also the 935,178th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 102 people.
The last name Houambo is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 145,238. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 59 percent reside, West Region, where 31 percent reside and Centre Region, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Houambo exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 24 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houambou | 93 | 3 | / |
| Houamboh | 93 | 3 | / |
| Houambot | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ouambo | 92 | 979 | / |
| Hoambo | 92 | 10 | / |
| Chouambou | 88 | 5 | / |
| Houanbo | 86 | 21 | / |
| Ouambou | 86 | 10 | / |
| Gouambo | 86 | 3 | / |
| Houamba | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ohoumbo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ouambot | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gohoumbo | 80 | 20 | / |
| Gouambou | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gouhambo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aïhoumbo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ahoumbot | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ahombo | 77 | 2,761 | / |
| Ouamba | 77 | 2,235 | / |
| Ohombo | 77 | 27 | / |
| Ouombo | 77 | 12 | / |
| Hoamba | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ouanbo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ayehoumbo | 75 | 6 | / |
| Chouanbou | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chouambeu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ahoumboth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ojiambo | 71 | 21,438 | / |
| Gouamba | 71 | 144 | / |
| Gouombo | 71 | 91 | / |
| Houanvo | 71 | 69 | / |
| Ojjambo | 71 | 22 | / |
| Ouambas | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ahoumba | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ouambat | 71 | 4 | / |
| Houanba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aoumbot | 71 | 2 | / |
| Guhambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Haiyambo | 67 | 668 | / |
| Aombo | 67 | 62 | / |
| Haijambo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ayeoumbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gohounbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Houanvoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Houanvou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gohoumba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hahoumba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajouamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oijiambo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojiamboh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojiammbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajoambou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oamba | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Houambo
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