Houmba Surname
Approximately 951 people bear this surname
Houmba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 908 | 1:5,495 | 866 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Houmba (83) may also be a first name.
Houmba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houmba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houmba occurs most in The Congo. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houmba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 376,169th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,663,035 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houmba reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 83 people.
It is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is borne by 908 people, or 1 in 5,495. In The Congo it is mostly found in: Bouenza Department, where 55 percent reside, Brazzaville Department, where 24 percent reside and Pointe-Noire Department, where 19 percent reside. Outside of The Congo this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 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
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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 Houmba
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