Houkan Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Houkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Houkan (14) may also be a first name.
Houkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houkan (Arabic: هوقان) is found in Qatar more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houkan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most common surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Houkan live; 70 percent live in West Asia and 70 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Houkan is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.
It is most frequently held in Qatar, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 393,000. Excluding Qatar this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 20 percent are found and Northern Cyprus, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houkan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houkan in the Arabic language | ||
| هوقان | hwqan | - |
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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 Houkan
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