Houwaard Surname
Approximately 235 people bear this surname
Houwaard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 234 | 1:72,167 | 12,266 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Houwaard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houwaard Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houwaard is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Houwaard.
How Common Is The Last Name Houwaard? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,061,269th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Houwaard live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 234 people, or 1 in 72,167. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 81 percent live, North Brabant, where 6 percent live and Overijssel, where 5 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in New Zealand, where 0 percent live.
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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 Houwaard
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