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
Houwu is found most frequently in Taiwan. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Houwu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,931,261st most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Houwu reside; 84 percent reside in East Asia and 84 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Houwu is also the 1,412,538th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 50 people.
This surname is most common in Taiwan, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 300,574. In Taiwan Houwu is most prevalent in: Tainan City, where 33 percent are found, Kaohsiung City, where 21 percent are found and Chiayi County, where 15 percent are found. Beside Taiwan it is found in one country. It also occurs in Cambodia, where 16 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
- 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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