Howbott Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Howbott Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Howbott Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia2151:20,5052,063
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Howbott Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Howbott Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Howbott occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Howbott? popularity and diffusion

Howbott is the 1,121,821st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Howbott reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 20,505. In Liberia Howbott is mostly found in: Maryland County, where 69 percent live, Montserrado County, where 24 percent live and Sinoe County, where 5 percent live. Excluding Liberia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hawbott8613/
Obbott775/
Howbod774/
Hawbot770/
Hobbot770/
Habbott7114/
Jowbatt711/
Hewbatt711/
Chabbott67149/
Obbot6713/

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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 Howbott
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