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 surname Houwi occurs most in Benin. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Houwi.
How Common Is The Last Name Houwi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Houwi live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 2,067,120. In Benin Houwi is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 40 percent live, Zou Department, where 40 percent live and Plateau Department, where 20 percent live. Excluding Benin this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 14 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 Houwi
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