Houna Surname
Approximately 1,765 people bear this surname
Houna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 742 | 1:52,064 | 8,963 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Cameroon | 225 | 1:92,307 | 11,041 |
| Niger | 68 | 1:282,236 | 8,651 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Houna (407) may also be a first name.
Houna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houna (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻨﺎ) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houna? popularity and diffusion
The last name Houna is the 229,521st most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 4,128,921 people. The last name Houna occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Houna reside; 56 percent reside in North Africa and 56 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 427,366th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 407 people.
The surname is most common in Algeria, where it is carried by 742 people, or 1 in 52,064. In Algeria it is most common in: Mostaganem Province, where 66 percent live, Relizane Province, where 26 percent live and Mascara Province, where 8 percent live. Other than Algeria this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 22 percent live and Morocco, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻨﺎ | hna | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Houna
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