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 be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houdiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houdiya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 22 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 57 percent reside, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 14 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania Houdiya exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 36 percent reside and Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.
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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