Houraye Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Houraye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Houraye (5,684) may also be a first name.
Houraye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houraye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houraye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻮﺭﻱ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Houraye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houraye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 88,684th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 5,684 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon Houraye is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 44 percent are found and Niger, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houraye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houraye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻮﺭﻱ | hwry | 60.94 |
| ﻫﻮﺭﺍﻱ | hwray | 24.48 |
| ﻫﺮﻱ | hry | 6.51 |
| ﻫﻮﺭﻯ | hwry | 2.86 |
| ﻫﻮﺭﻳﻪ | hwryh | 1.04 |
| ﻫﻮﺭﺍﻯ | hwray | 0.52 |
| ﻫﻮﺍﺭﻱ | hwary | 0.52 |
| ﺣﻮﺭﻳﺔ | hwryt | 0.26 |
| ﺣﻮﺭﻳﻪ | hwryh | 0.26 |
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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 Houraye
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