Houvast Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Houvast Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Houvast Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houvast Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houvast occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Houvast.
How Common Is The Last Name Houvast? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Houvast occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Houvast live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 482,491. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Overijssel, where 80 percent are found, Gelderland, where 14 percent are found and South Holland, where 3 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands Houvast occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, 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 Houvast
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