Houney Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Houney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 90 | 1:203,912 | 4,405 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Houney (228) may also be a first name.
Houney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houney is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Houney.
How Common Is The Last Name Houney? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,691,963rd most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Houney reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 594,918th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 228 people.
Houney is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 203,912. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 89 percent are found, Sud-Ouest Region, where 10 percent are found and Centre Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Burkina Faso this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 3 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 Houney
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