Houmbie Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Houmbie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 217 | 1:47,630 | 6,035 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Houmbiè (2) are calculated separately.
Houmbie (13) may also be a first name.
Houmbie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houmbie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houmbie is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Houmbiè. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houmbie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,111,382nd most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 33,276,465 people. Houmbie occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houmbie live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houmbie is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 13 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 217 people, or 1 in 47,630. In Benin it is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 81 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 10 percent are found and Plateau Department, where 7 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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 Houmbie
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