Houfa Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Houfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Houfa (49) may also be a first name.
Houfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houfa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻮﻓﺎ) is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houfa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Houfa live; 38 percent live in North Africa and 38 percent live in Mahgreb. Houfa is also the 1,430,306th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 49 people.
The surname is most widely held in Morocco, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 8,619,025. Excluding Morocco Houfa exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent live and Mauritania, where 15 percent live.
Houfa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Houfa has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houfa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻮﻓﺎ | hwfa | 33.33 |
| ﺣﻮﻓﺎ | hwfa | 33.33 |
| ﺃﻭﻓﻰ | awfy | 33.33 |
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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 Houfa
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