Houlaye Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Houlaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 31 | 1:744,233 | 20,430 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Houlaye (281) may also be a first name.
Houlaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houlaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houlaye is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houlaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,323,005th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. Houlaye is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Houlaye live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houlaye is also the 528,876th most common given name on earth, held by 281 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 744,233. In The Ivory Coast Houlaye is most common in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 55 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 35 percent are found and Montagnes District, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The Ivory Coast Houlaye is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 9 percent are found and Mauritania, where 3 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 Houlaye
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