Hoursala Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Hoursala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hoursala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon391:532,54042,124
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Hoursala Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hoursala Come From? nationality or country of origin

Hoursala occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoursala? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,100,440th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Hoursala is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Hoursala live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 85 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.

The last name Hoursala is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 532,540. In Cameroon Hoursala is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 92 percent are found, North Region, where 5 percent are found and South Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in Greece, where 3 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 Hoursala
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