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
Houdja is found most frequently in Niger. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houdja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,181,191st most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. Houdja is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Houdja live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Chadic Africa. Houdja is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 18 people.
Houdja is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 208,609. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Niger Houdja is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 36 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 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 Houdja
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