Howusu Surname

414,183rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 841 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Howusu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Howusu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana8311:32,5163,831
England71:7,959,723202,100
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Howusu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Howusu occurs most in Ghana. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Howusu? popularity and diffusion

Howusu is the 414,183rd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,665,334 people. The surname Howusu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Howusu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Howusu is most numerous in Ghana, where it is borne by 831 people, or 1 in 32,516. Other than Ghana it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owusu91418,901/
Owuesu8311/
Owusuh838/
Owuusu837/
O'Wusu834/
Owushu833/
Owussu833/
Ouwusu832/
Owousu831/
Oswusu831/
Hawusu831/
Oiwusu831/
Owutshu7782/
Owusuua771/
Owosu73451/
Awusu73212/
Owuzu7370/
Ewusu7338/
Ovusu7312/
Owuju739/
Obusu738/
Owucu738/
Owisu732/
Owoussou71483/
Hawussou712/
Gawusu67277/
Hawisu6715/
Awussu675/
Hovisu674/
Awushu674/
Habusu672/
Owuchu672/
Ojbusu672/
Awuesu671/
Ahwisu671/
Hawuzu671/
Awausu671/
Obuseu671/

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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 Howusu
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