Houwa Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Houwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Houwa (180) may also be a first name.
Houwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻮ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Houwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Houwa? popularity and diffusion
Houwa is the 2,876,555th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Houwa live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 679,247th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 180 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 65 percent are found, Far North Region, where 13 percent are found and West Region, where 9 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 17 percent are found and Niger, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻮ | hw | 66.67 |
| ﺣﻮﻩ | hwh | 33.33 |
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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 Houwa
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