Houkang Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Houkang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Houkang (1,526) may also be a first name.
Houkang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houkang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houkang is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houkang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most numerous family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Houkang live; 40 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 198,636th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 1,526 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Houkang is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 50 percent are found and Far North Region, where 50 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Houkang
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