Houmaya Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Houmaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Houmaya (4) may also be a first name.
Houmaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houmaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houmaya is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Houmaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houmaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houmaya is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houmaya are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Houmaya is also the 6,192,526th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 4 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most common in: Adamawa Region, where 50 percent reside and North Region, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 25 percent reside and Niger, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Houmaya
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