Hourey Surname
Approximately 561 people bear this surname
Hourey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 413 | 1:50,288 | 6,581 |
| Niger | 86 | 1:223,163 | 7,312 |
| Burkina Faso | 62 | 1:296,002 | 5,313 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Hourey (7,621) may also be a first name.
Hourey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hourey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hourey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻮﺭﻱ, Tibetan: ཧོ་རས།) occurs most in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hourey? popularity and diffusion
Hourey is the 564,325th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hourey live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 73,394th most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 7,621 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 413 people, or 1 in 50,288. In Cameroon Hourey is mostly found in: North Region, where 61 percent live, Far North Region, where 31 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 8 percent live. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 15 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hourey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hourey in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཧོ་རས། | horé | - |
| Hourey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻮﺭﻱ | hwry | 56.25 |
| ﻫﺮﻱ | hry | 25 |
| ﻫﻮﺭﻯ | hwry | 6.25 |
| ﺣﻮﺭﻱ | hwry | 6.25 |
| ﻫﻮﺭﻳﺔ | hwryt | 6.25 |
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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 Hourey
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