Houeze Surname
Approximately 1,379 people bear this surname
Houeze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,369 | 1:7,550 | 1,032 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
Houeze (60) may also be a first name.
Houeze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houeze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houeze is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houeze? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 280,156th most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 5,284,660 people. The surname Houeze occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houeze are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 60 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 1,369 people, or 1 in 7,550. In Benin it is mostly found in: Atlantique Department, where 33 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 24 percent are found and Zou Department, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin Houeze exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, 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
- 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 Houeze
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