Houmeye Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Houmeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 25 | 1:163,795 | 8,806 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Houmeye (11) may also be a first name.
Houmeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houmeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houmeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﻴﻪ) is most common in Mauritania. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houmeye? popularity and diffusion
Houmeye is the 3,798,600th most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Houmeye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houmeye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 11 people.
It is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 163,795. In Mauritania Houmeye is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 68 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 28 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania Houmeye exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houmeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houmeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﻴﻪ | hmyh | - |
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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 Houmeye
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