Houwi Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Houwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Houwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houwi is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houwi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Houwi reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Houwi is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 2,067,120. In Benin Houwi is primarily found in: Ouémé Department, where 40 percent are found, Zou Department, where 40 percent are found and Plateau Department, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Benin Houwi exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Houwi
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