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
Houssa occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houssa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 98,914th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,521,091 people. This last name is predominantly 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 first name in the world, held by 1,845 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 1,834 people, or 1 in 5,636. In Benin Houssa is primarily found in: Ouémé Department, where 56 percent live, Littoral Department, where 18 percent live and Plateau Department, where 13 percent live. Other than Benin this last name exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 38 percent live and Niger, where 11 percent live.
Houssa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Houssa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Houssa last name grew 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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