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 more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houdja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Houdja is the 1,181,191st most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. Houdja occurs predominantly 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 commonly held forename throughout the world It is held by 18 people.
This last name is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 208,609. In Niger Houdja is mostly concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Niger this last name exists 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
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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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