Houray Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Houray Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Houray (154) may also be a first name.
Houray Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houray Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houray occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houray? popularity and diffusion
Houray is the 5,391,485th most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Houray live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Houray is also the 740,891st most frequently used forename internationally, held by 154 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Houray is primarily found in: North Region, where 92 percent live and Far North Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in France, where 8 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
- 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 Houray
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