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
The last name Houkan (Arabic: هوقان) is found most frequently in Qatar. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houkan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Houkan are found; 70 percent are found in West Asia and 70 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Houkan is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 14 people.
The last name Houkan is most commonly held in Qatar, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 393,000. Apart from Qatar it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 20 percent reside and Northern Cyprus, where 10 percent reside.
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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