Houpa Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Houpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Houpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houpa is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houpa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,530,696th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Houpa occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Houpa are found; 43 percent are found in Central Africa and 41 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Houpa is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 451,501. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 43 percent live, Littoral Region, where 33 percent live and West Region, where 7 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and Egypt, where 2 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 Houpa
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