Houwei Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Houwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Houwei (7,988) may also be a first name.
Houwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houwei has its highest incidence in China. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houwei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Houwei occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Houwei reside; 75 percent reside in East Asia and 75 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 71,179th most common first name worldwide, borne by 7,988 people.
The last name Houwei is most frequently occurring in China, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 683,660,783. Apart from China it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 25 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
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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
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