Houfi Surname
Approximately 228 people bear this surname
Houfi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 153 | 1:172,714 | 8,042 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Houfi (75) may also be a first name.
Houfi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houfi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houfi is found most in Yemen. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houfi? popularity and diffusion
Houfi is the 1,082,743rd most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 31,962,921 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Houfi live; 93 percent live in West Asia and 68 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 1,116,575th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 75 people.
This surname is most numerous in Yemen, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 172,714. In Yemen Houfi is mostly found in: Al Mahwit Governorate, where 90 percent are found, Sana'a Governorate, where 7 percent are found and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 3 percent are found. Not including Yemen it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 25 percent are found and Morocco, where 4 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
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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 Houfi
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