Where Does The Last Name Houw Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Houw is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Houw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Houw? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 975,866^th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 27,500,173 people. Houw occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Houw are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,143,416^th most widespread forename globally, borne by 72 people.

Houw is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 252 people, or 1 in 524,798. In Indonesia it is most common in: Jakarta, where 38 percent reside, West Java, where 37 percent reside and East Java, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.

Houw Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Houw has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.