Houmbe Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Houmbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Houmbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houmbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houmbe has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houmbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. Houmbe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houmbe live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 41 percent live, Far North Region, where 35 percent live and North Region, where 8 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Togo, where 3 percent live.
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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 Houmbe
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