Houye Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Houye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Houye (813) may also be a first name.
Houye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Houye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻮﻳﻪ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,689,253rd most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. Houye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Houye are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 286,673rd most commonly held first name globally, borne by 813 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 449,374. In Benin Houye is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 52 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 26 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Benin it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 29 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Houye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻮﻳﻪ | hwyh | 50 |
| ﺣﻮﻱ | hwy | 50 |
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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 Houye
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