Houwen Surname
Approximately 1,515 people bear this surname
Houwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,026 | 1:16,459 | 2,534 |
| Belgium | 216 | 1:53,225 | 8,682 |
| United States | 85 | 1:4,264,223 | 227,504 |
| Australia | 78 | 1:346,099 | 29,260 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
Houwen (13,088) may also be a first name.
Houwen Demographics
Average Houwen Salary in
United States
$55,393 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Houwen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houwen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houwen occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houwen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Houwen is the 259,470th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,810,261 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Houwen live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe. Houwen is also the 51,032nd most widespread forename worldwide It is held by 13,088 people.
The last name Houwen is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 1,026 people, or 1 in 16,459. In The Netherlands Houwen is primarily found in: Limburg, where 31 percent live, Groningen, where 15 percent live and Gelderland, where 12 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this surname exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Houwen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Houwen last name are 7.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.85% being registered with the political party.
The amount Houwen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 28.38% more than the national average, earning $55,393 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.72% more than the national average, earning $57,992 CAD per year.
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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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