Houdja Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Houdja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 92 | 1:208,609 | 6,974 |
| Benin | 73 | 1:141,584 | 14,936 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Houdja (18) may also be a first name.
Houdja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houdja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houdja is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Houdja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houdja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,181,191st most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. Houdja is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Houdja are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Houdja is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 18 people.
This surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 208,609. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Niger it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 36 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 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 Houdja
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