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
The surname Houraye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻮﺭﻱ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houraye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houraye is the 4,649,889th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houraye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Houraye is also the 88,684th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 5,684 people.
The surname Houraye is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon Houraye is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 44 percent reside and Niger, where 6 percent reside.
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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