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 occurs most in Ethiopia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houefa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Houefa is the 285,960th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,422,281 people. The surname 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 throughout the world, held by 3,780 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Besides Ethiopia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent live and Gabon, where 0 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
- 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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