Howdin Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Howdin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Howdin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia851:317,59627,389
England191:2,932,529101,561
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Howdin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Howdin is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Howdin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,806,862nd most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 82 percent of Howdin reside; 82 percent reside in Australasia and 82 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

Howdin is most widespread in Australia, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 317,596. In Australia it is most common in: New South Wales, where 87 percent reside, Australian Capital Territory, where 8 percent reside and Queensland, where 5 percent reside. Barring Australia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent reside.

Howdin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Howdin has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Howdin last name increased 317 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owdin911/
Howden838,601/
Hawdin834/
Hovdin831/
Hobdin830/
Hewdin830/
Hovding774/
Khawdin771/
Goowdin771/
Houwden771/
Owden731,855/
Ovdin73237/
Obdin73222/
Awdin7346/
Ewdin734/
Uwdin731/
Hobden673,027/
Hovden671,953/
Ovdina67585/
Hawden67120/
Govdin6716/
Habdin678/
Jawdin675/
Obdijn671/
Owdeen671/
Awddin671/
Howdenová671/
Havdin671/

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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 Howdin
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