Houro Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Houro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Houro (25) may also be a first name.
Houro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houro Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houro occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houro? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,141,416th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 36 percent of Houro are found; 33 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 33 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 25 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Central, where 54 percent reside and Northern, where 46 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea Houro exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 18 percent reside and Germany, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Houro
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis