Houdiya Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Houdiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Houdiya (22) may also be a first name.
Houdiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houdiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houdiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻮﺩﻳﻪ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houdiya? popularity and diffusion
Houdiya is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houdiya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 22 people.
It is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 57 percent are found, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 14 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 36 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houdiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houdiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻮﺩﻳﻪ | hwdyh | 46.67 |
| ﻫﻮﺩﻱ | hwdy | 20 |
| ﻫﺪﻱ | hdy | 13.33 |
| ﻫﻮﺩﻳﺎ | hwdya | 6.67 |
| ﺣﻮﺩﻳﺎ | hwdya | 6.67 |
| ﻫﻮﺩﻳﺔ | hwdyt | 6.67 |
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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 Houdiya
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