Houyet Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Houyet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 78 | 1:147,393 | 20,769 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Houyet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houyet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houyet is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houyet? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,980,395th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Houyet live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Houyet is most numerous in Belgium, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 147,393. In Belgium Houyet is primarily found in: Walloon Region, where 74 percent reside, Flemish Region, where 14 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Belgium this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 10 percent reside and Australia, where 1 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 Houyet
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