Houega Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Houega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 159 | 1:65,004 | 7,952 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Houega (11) may also be a first name.
Houega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houega is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houega? popularity and diffusion
The last name Houega is the 1,364,059th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Houega live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houega is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname Houega is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 65,004. In Benin Houega is primarily found in: Atlantique Department, where 36 percent are found, Zou Department, where 23 percent are found and Kouffo Department, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin Houega is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and Togo, where 1 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 Houega
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