Houas Surname
Approximately 2,793 people bear this surname
Houas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,368 | 1:16,314 | 2,951 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| France | 132 | 1:503,202 | 70,199 |
| Tunisia | 32 | 1:19,082 | 3,053 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Houas (453) may also be a first name.
Houas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houas occurs more in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 156,718th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,609,218 people. The surname Houas is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Houas live; 94 percent live in North Africa and 94 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 401,726th most common given name on earth. It is borne by 453 people.
It is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 2,368 people, or 1 in 16,314. In Algeria Houas is mostly concentrated in: Algiers Province, where 34 percent reside, Sétif Province, where 16 percent reside and El Oued Province, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Algeria this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 9 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Houas
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