Houeya Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Houeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Houeya (20) may also be a first name.
Houeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houeya is most common in Benin. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Houeya.
How Common Is The Last Name Houeya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Houeya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Houeya are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houeya is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name on earth, held by 20 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin Houeya is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 50 percent reside and Zou Department, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Benin it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 33 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 Houeya
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