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
Houela is more frequently found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,273,756th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. Houela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houela reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 106,830th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 4,218 people.
The last name Houela is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 319,867. In Niger Houela is primarily found in: Zinder Region, where 97 percent live and Maradi Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Niger it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 13 percent live and Benin, where 1 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 Houela
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