Houchou Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Houchou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 41 | 1:3,118,153 | 33,477 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Houchou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houchou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houchou occurs in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houchou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Houchou is the 2,746,821st most widespread surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. Houchou occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Houchou reside; 82 percent reside in East Asia and 82 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 3,118,153. In Japan Houchou is most common in: Osaka Prefecture, where 98 percent live. Not including Japan Houchou is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 12 percent live and England, where 2 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
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Houchou
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