Houcha Surname
Approximately 354 people bear this surname
Houcha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 348 | 1:55,149 | 2,699 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Houcha (99) may also be a first name.
Houcha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houcha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houcha occurs most in Niger. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houcha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 794,916th most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houcha live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 951,070th most prevalent forename throughout the world, held by 99 people.
Houcha is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 348 people, or 1 in 55,149. In Niger Houcha is mostly concentrated in: Agadez Region, where 60 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 17 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 13 percent are found. Besides Niger this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Algeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Houcha
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