Houreira Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Houreira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
Houreira (836) may also be a first name.
Houreira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houreira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houreira has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houreira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,432,070th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Houreira are found; 70 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 282,418th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 836 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 865,378. In Cameroon Houreira is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 92 percent are found, Centre Region, where 4 percent are found and East Region, where 4 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 27 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
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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 Houreira
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