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
Houambo is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houambo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,198,640th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houambo live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 935,178th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 102 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 145,238. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Adamawa Region, where 59 percent are found, West Region, where 31 percent are found and Centre Region, where 8 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 24 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found.
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
- 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 Houambo
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