Houefa Surname
Approximately 1,344 people bear this surname
Houefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Houefa (3,780) may also be a first name.
Houefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houefa is most common in Ethiopia. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Houefa.
How Common Is The Last Name Houefa? popularity and diffusion
Houefa is the 285,960th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 5,422,281 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houefa reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 114,443rd most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 3,780 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Not including Ethiopia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 4 percent are found and Gabon, where 0 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 Houefa
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