Howald Surname
Approximately 2,918 people bear this surname
Howald Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1,291 | 1:6,362 | 1,000 |
| United States | 1,048 | 1:345,858 | 31,065 |
| Canada | 250 | 1:147,382 | 15,086 |
| France | 177 | 1:375,270 | 55,761 |
| Germany | 123 | 1:654,516 | 51,119 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 103 | 1:487,560 | 34,505 |
Howald (20) may also be a first name.
Howald Demographics
Average Male Howald Height
175.35 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Howald Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Howald Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Howald is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Howald? popularity and diffusion
Howald is the 151,004th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,497,445 people. The surname Howald occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Howald reside; 55 percent reside in Western Europe and 44 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Howald is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 20 people.
This last name is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 1,291 people, or 1 in 6,362. In Switzerland Howald is most common in: Canton of Bern, where 40 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 13 percent are found and Canton of Solothurn, where 9 percent are found. Not including Switzerland this surname occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.
Howald Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Howald has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,017 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Howald Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Howald last name are 29.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 76.64% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Howald earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.31% more than the national average, earning $45,873 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.76% more than the national average, earning $51,054 CAD per year.
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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
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