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
The last name Houefa is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Houefa.
How Common Is The Last Name Houefa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 285,960th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,422,281 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houefa reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Houefa is also the 114,443rd most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 3,780 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Aside from Ethiopia this last name 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
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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 Houefa
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