Houmou Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Houmou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 319 | 1:60,163 | 2,862 |
| Ivory Coast | 55 | 1:419,477 | 14,125 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Houmou (1,574) may also be a first name.
Houmou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houmou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houmou occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houmou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 695,980th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Houmou are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 195,080th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 1,574 people.
The surname Houmou is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 319 people, or 1 in 60,163. In Niger it is most common in: Tahoua Region, where 50 percent live, Agadez Region, where 37 percent live and Zinder Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Niger Houmou occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 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
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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 Houmou
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