Houssa Surname
Approximately 4,791 people bear this surname
Houssa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,834 | 1:5,636 | 739 |
| Morocco | 1,806 | 1:19,090 | 2,933 |
| Niger | 541 | 1:35,475 | 1,954 |
| Belgium | 347 | 1:33,132 | 5,384 |
| France | 84 | 1:790,747 | 95,785 |
| Cameroon | 77 | 1:269,728 | 25,950 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Houssa (1,845) may also be a first name.
Houssa Demographics
Average Houssa Salary in
United States
$18,333 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Houssa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houssa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houssa is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Houssa.
How Common Is The Last Name Houssa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 98,914th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,521,091 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Houssa live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 39 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Houssa is also the 177,545th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 1,845 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 1,834 people, or 1 in 5,636. In Benin Houssa is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 56 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 18 percent reside and Plateau Department, where 13 percent reside. Other than Benin it occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 38 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
Houssa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Houssa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Houssa surname increased 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Houssa Last Name Statistics demography
Houssa earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 57.51% less than the national average, earning $18,333 USD per year.
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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 Houssa
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