Houcai Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Houcai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 55 | 1:426,268 | 3,270 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
Houcai (9,383) may also be a first name.
Houcai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houcai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houcai is carried by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Houcai.
How Common Is The Last Name Houcai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,460,878th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Houcai reside; 100 percent reside in East Asia and 100 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Houcai is also the 63,966th most frequently held forename on earth. It is borne by 9,383 people.
The last name Houcai is most prevalent in Taiwan, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 426,268. In Taiwan it is most frequent in: Tainan City, where 40 percent live, Chiayi County, where 33 percent live and Kaohsiung City, where 9 percent live. Apart from Taiwan it exists in one country. It also occurs in China, where 10 percent live.
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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 Houcai
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