Houga Surname
Approximately 715 people bear this surname
Houga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 409 | 1:94,454 | 14,350 |
| Ivory Coast | 110 | 1:209,738 | 8,837 |
| France | 100 | 1:664,227 | 85,408 |
| Cameroon | 74 | 1:280,663 | 26,698 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Houga (27) may also be a first name.
Houga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houga is found most in Algeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 469,804th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,192,372 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Houga live; 57 percent live in North Africa and 57 percent live in Mahgreb. Houga is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 27 people.
The surname Houga is most common in Algeria, where it is held by 409 people, or 1 in 94,454. In Algeria Houga is primarily found in: El Oued Province, where 69 percent live, Tissemsilt Province, where 29 percent live and Boumerdès Province, where 1 percent live. Besides Algeria Houga exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent live and France, where 14 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
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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 Houga
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