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 more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houmeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houmeye is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Houmeye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houmeye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 11 people.
It is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 163,795. In Mauritania it is most prevalent 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. Beside Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs 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
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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 Houmeye
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