Houva Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Houva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Houva (24) may also be a first name.
Houva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houva occurs most in Cameroon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houva? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Houva are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used first name on earth, held by 24 people.
The last name Houva is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Houva is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 75 percent reside and North Region, where 25 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 17 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
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- 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 Houva
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