Houvet Surname
Approximately 567 people bear this surname
Houvet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 551 | 1:120,549 | 18,239 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Houvet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houvet Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houvet has its highest incidence in France. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houvet? popularity and diffusion
It is the 559,940th most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 12,852,815 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Houvet live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
It is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 551 people, or 1 in 120,549. In France Houvet is primarily found in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 45 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 32 percent reside and Normandy, where 8 percent reside. Outside of France it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 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 Houvet
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