Houka Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Houka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Houka (29) may also be a first name.
Houka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻮﻙ) is carried by more people in The Solomon Islands than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Houka.
How Common Is The Last Name Houka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,661,929th most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 43 percent of Houka live; 43 percent live in Oceania Islands and 25 percent live in Solomonic Oceania. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 29 people.
This last name is most widely held in The Solomon Islands, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 44,618. In The Solomon Islands it is primarily concentrated in: Malaita Province, where 85 percent live, Capital Territory, where 8 percent live and Guadalcanal Province, where 8 percent live. Other than The Solomon Islands this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻮﻙ | hwk | - |
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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 Houka
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