Houghon Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Houghon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Houghon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houghon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houghon is most common in England. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Houghon.
How Common Is The Last Name Houghon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houghon is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Houghon live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in British Isles.
The last name is most widely held in England, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England Houghon is most prevalent in: Lancashire, where 50 percent reside and Tyne and Wear, where 50 percent reside. Apart from England this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent reside.
Houghon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Houghon has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Houghon
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