Housba Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Housba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 183 | 1:100,285 | 3,141 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
Housba (10) may also be a first name.
Housba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Housba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Housba occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Housba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,214,709th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Housba reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Housba is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring forename in the world, held by 10 people.
It is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 100,285. In Burkina Faso Housba is mostly concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 81 percent reside and Sud-Ouest Region, where 19 percent reside. Not including Burkina Faso this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Housba
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