Houben Surname
Approximately 13,076 people bear this surname
Houben Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 5,043 | 1:3,349 | 295 |
| Belgium | 4,326 | 1:2,658 | 239 |
| Germany | 2,872 | 1:28,031 | 3,696 |
| United States | 265 | 1:1,367,770 | 94,877 |
| Canada | 145 | 1:254,108 | 24,080 |
| France | 121 | 1:548,948 | 74,759 |
| Australia | 85 | 1:317,596 | 27,389 |
| New Zealand | 39 | 1:116,111 | 14,715 |
| Thailand | 35 | 1:2,018,238 | 239,646 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
Houben (741) may also be a first name.
Houben Demographics
Average Houben Salary in
United States
$47,387 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Houben Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houben Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houben is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houben? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 40,123rd most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 557,322 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Houben reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Houben is also the 302,221st most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 741 people.
The surname Houben is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 5,043 people, or 1 in 3,349. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Limburg, where 60 percent are found, North Brabant, where 15 percent are found and Gelderland, where 7 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands it is found in 45 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 33 percent are found and Germany, where 22 percent are found.
Houben Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Houben has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Houben surname grew 1,060 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Houben Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Houben last name are 26.2% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.97% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Houben earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 1.61% more than the national average, earning R 241,464 per year; in United States they earn 9.82% more than the national average, earning $47,387 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.29% less than the national average, earning $47,552 CAD per year.
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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
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