Houbo Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Houbo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 89 | 1:116,130 | 12,862 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Houbo (74) may also be a first name.
Houbo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houbo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houbo is most common in Benin. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houbo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,817,111th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Houbo live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 74 people.
Houbo is most common in Benin, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 116,130. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 62 percent reside, Collines Department, where 33 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 9 percent reside and Taiwan, where 3 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 Houbo
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