Houela Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Houela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 60 | 1:319,867 | 9,444 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Houela (4,218) may also be a first name.
Houela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houela occurs most in Niger. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,273,756th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houela live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Chadic Africa. Houela is also the 106,830th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 4,218 people.
It is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 319,867. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 97 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Niger this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 13 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Houela
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