Houwe Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Houwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Houwe (31) may also be a first name.
Houwe Demographics
Average Houwe Salary in
South Africa
R 43,488
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Houwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻮﻩ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Houwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houwe? popularity and diffusion
Houwe is the 2,333,370th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Houwe are found; 45 percent are found in West Africa and 28 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 31 people.
The last name Houwe is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 532,540. In Cameroon Houwe is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 44 percent reside, North Region, where 28 percent reside and Far North Region, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 16 percent reside and Benin, where 10 percent reside.
Houwe Last Name Statistics demography
Houwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.7% less than the national average, earning R 43,488 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houwe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻮﻩ | hwh | - |
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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 Houwe
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