Hourbe Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Hourbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Hourbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hourbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hourbe is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hourbe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Hourbe occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Hourbe live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Hourbe is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 83 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 8 percent are found and North Region, where 8 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 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 Hourbe
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