Houwu Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Houwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 78 | 1:300,574 | 2,443 |
| Cambodia | 15 | 1:1,032,476 | 5,479 |
Houwu (50) may also be a first name.
Houwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houwu occurs in Taiwan more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Houwu.
How Common Is The Last Name Houwu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,931,261st most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Houwu are found; 84 percent are found in East Asia and 84 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Houwu is also the 1,412,538th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 50 people.
This last name is most widespread in Taiwan, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 300,574. In Taiwan it is mostly concentrated in: Tainan City, where 33 percent reside, Kaohsiung City, where 21 percent reside and Chiayi County, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Taiwan this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Cambodia, where 16 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
- 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 Houwu
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