Surname Houlin (厚林 
, 后林 , Houlin 
) , all around the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The surname Houlin is characteristic of China, where it is a rare surname, Argentina, where it is a very rare surname, and Switzerland. In absolute terms, the name is most common in China, Argentina, and the United States. More frequently, Houlin is the forename as well as the last name.