Houyu Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Houyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
Houyu (182) may also be a first name.
Houyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houyu occurs most in Taiwan. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Houyu.
How Common Is The Last Name Houyu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Houyu is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Houyu live; 67 percent live in East Asia and 67 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Houyu is also the 675,152nd most frequently held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 182 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Taiwan, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 2,344,475. In Taiwan it is most prevalent in: New Taipei City, where 40 percent are found, Taichung City, where 40 percent are found and Kaohsiung City, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Taiwan it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent are found and China, where 11 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 Houyu
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