Hamza Forename
Approximately 1,128,354 people bear this name
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Hamza (also spelled as Hamzah, Hamzeh or Humza; Arabic: حمزة, standardized transliteration is Ḥamzah) is a masculine given name in the Arabic world. The meaning of the name Hamza is lion, steadfast, and strong and brave. It was borne by one of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's uncles, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, a wrestler and an archer who was renowned for his strength and bravery in battle.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 215,614 | 1:824 | 128 |
| Morocco | 100% | 203,659 | 1:169 | 27 |
| Algeria | 100% | 84,837 | 1:450 | 94 |
| Turkey | 100% | 67,381 | 1:1,155 | 261 |
| Iraq | 100% | 67,284 | 1:520 | 123 |
| Egypt | 84% | 54,676 | 1:1,681 | 260 |
| Sudan | 100% | 52,156 | 1:725 | 131 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 49,350 | 1:1,070 | 229 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 39,702 | 1:4,895 | 714 |
| Niger | 92% | 37,631 | 1:510 | 111 |
| Jordan | 100% | 34,865 | 1:253 | 30 |
| Libya | - | 28,093 | 1:221 | 32 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 23,349 | 1:4,178 | 696 |
| Chad | 100% | 15,385 | 1:884 | 100 |
| Syria | - | 15,189 | 1:1,271 | 248 |
| Kenya | 100% | 11,740 | 1:3,944 | 663 |
| India | 96% | 11,025 | 1:110,193 | 13,072 |
| Somalia | - | 10,252 | 1:1,319 | 219 |
| Yemen | - | 9,920 | 1:2,651 | 359 |
| Ghana | 95% | 7,529 | 1:3,584 | 509 |
| Djibouti | - | 7,286 | 1:126 | 22 |
| Palestine | 100% | 5,941 | 1:766 | 202 |
| Spain | 100% | 5,746 | 1:8,098 | 663 |
| Bangladesh | 75% | 4,582 | 1:34,802 | 3,368 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4,548 | 1:1,237 | 260 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,006 | 1:5,192 | 885 |
| Afghanistan | 91% | 3,901 | 1:8,363 | 943 |
| France | 100% | 3,593 | 1:18,500 | 874 |
| Uganda | 99% | 3,591 | 1:11,405 | 1,103 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,322 | 1:9,275 | 1,356 |
| Indonesia | 94% | 3,257 | 1:79,203 | 9,290 |
| Kuwait | - | 3,096 | 1:1,223 | 181 |
| Israel | 100% | 2,994 | 1:2,807 | 540 |
| Mali | 96% | 2,817 | 1:6,027 | 571 |
| Iran | 100% | 2,703 | 1:29,041 | 1,381 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 2,223 | 1:304 | 36 |
| England | 100% | 1,729 | 1:32,159 | 1,766 |
| Oman | 98% | 1,422 | 1:2,889 | 411 |
| United States | 100% | 1,385 | 1:261,760 | 8,522 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,278 | 1:16,910 | 1,638 |
| Mauritania | 99% | 1,209 | 1:3,387 | 368 |
| Togo | - | 1,154 | 1:6,273 | 988 |
| Philippines | 99% | 1,111 | 1:95,418 | 5,437 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1,082 | 1:3,257 | 652 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,014 | 1:32,676 | 2,507 |
| Comoros | - | 941 | 1:809 | 147 |
| Malawi | 100% | 846 | 1:20,227 | 1,818 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 781 | 1:10,723 | 1,089 |
| Belgium | 100% | 760 | 1:15,118 | 1,345 |
| Albania | 100% | 744 | 1:4,095 | 820 |
| Germany | 100% | 655 | 1:147,600 | 2,634 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 621 | 1:49,576 | 1,908 |
| Burkina Faso | 96% | 618 | 1:29,740 | 2,418 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 546 | 1:30,956 | 2,526 |
| Guinea | 100% | 544 | 1:21,799 | 1,059 |
| Sweden | 100% | 501 | 1:19,676 | 1,386 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 421 | 1:72,328 | 5,504 |
| Bahrain | - | 355 | 1:3,799 | 612 |
| Thailand | 100% | 353 | 1:198,487 | 13,131 |
| Poland | - | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Somaliland | - | 292 | 1:11,992 | 733 |
| Benin | 100% | 284 | 1:37,239 | 3,227 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 282 | 1:25,362 | 2,516 |
| Kosovo | - | 269 | 1:6,920 | 1,130 |
| South Africa | 100% | 205 | 1:266,013 | 15,630 |
| Russia | 99% | 186 | 1:775,450 | 7,295 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 173 | 1:40,407 | 2,237 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 171 | 1:431,740 | 15,753 |
| Maldives | 93% | 166 | 1:2,614 | 146 |
| Denmark | - | 163 | 1:34,659 | 1,549 |
| Gabon | 100% | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 148 | 1:2,150 | 474 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 144 | 1:160,250 | 8,499 |
| Austria | 100% | 139 | 1:61,253 | 1,662 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 137 | 1:15,261 | 1,805 |
| Serbia | 100% | 132 | 1:54,134 | 2,101 |
| Italy | 97% | 99 | 1:616,789 | 6,197 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 95 | 1:86,458 | 2,919 |
| Australia | - | 92 | 1:148,452 | 4,446 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 91 | 1:195,020 | 4,417 |
| Brazil | 100% | 85 | 1:2,520,425 | 49,362 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 84 | 1:29,271 | 1,561 |
| Norway | 100% | 73 | 1:70,306 | 2,590 |
| Mauritius | - | 68 | 1:19,085 | 1,901 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 61 | 1:10,403 | 1,130 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 53 | 1:103,262 | 1,140 |
| Scotland | 100% | 51 | 1:104,909 | 2,453 |
| Senegal | 100% | 51 | 1:285,909 | 4,868 |
| China | - | 49 | 1:27,878,689 | 60,877 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 43 | 1:224,255 | 6,748 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 39 | 1:34,908 | 3,522 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Gambia | - | 36 | 1:53,517 | 339 |
| Greece | 100% | 33 | 1:331,350 | 5,347 |
| Iceland | - | 27 | 1:13,556 | 1,098 |
| Georgia | 100% | 26 | 1:143,787 | 4,513 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Qatar | 100% | 23 | 1:103,026 | 12,248 |
| Croatia | 100% | 21 | 1:200,813 | 3,495 |
| Finland | 79% | 21 | 1:261,104 | 3,985 |
| Czechia | 100% | 20 | 1:532,808 | 2,565 |
| Liberia | 100% | 20 | 1:220,603 | 7,624 |
| Hungary | 100% | 17 | 1:575,987 | 2,039 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 14 | 1:3,249,993 | 6,792 |
| Singapore | - | 13 | 1:483,620 | 11,161 |
| Wales | 100% | 13 | 1:238,024 | 4,015 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| Japan | - | 12 | 1:10,665,505 | 35,725 |
| Ireland | - | 10 | 1:464,352 | 6,587 |
| Guyana | 100% | 10 | 1:76,326 | 6,296 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 7 | 1:853,325 | 20,404 |
| Romania | 100% | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5 | 1:6,040,379 | 77,223 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Moldova | 100% | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| New Zealand | - | 3 | 1:1,512,015 | 11,267 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Mexico | - | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Nauru | - | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Hàmzà (9) & Hàmzâ (1) are calculated separately.
Hamza (960,457) may also be a surname.
Hamza Forename Meaning
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Hamza (also spelled as Hamzah, Hamzeh or Humza; Arabic: حمزة, standardized transliteration is Ḥamzah) is a masculine given name in the Arabic world. The meaning of the name Hamza is lion, steadfast, and strong and brave. It was borne by one of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's uncles, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, a wrestler and an archer who was renowned for his strength and bravery in battle.
Hamzeh (also spelled as Hamse, Hamzeh or Humza; Arabic: حمزة, standardized transliteration is Ḥamzah) is a masculine given name in the Arabic world. The meaning of the name Hamza is steadfast strong and brave. When Turkic peoples invaded west India (modern day Maharashtra), it is believed many Indian women married Muslim men and adopted the name Hamse. These families migrated further down to the west and adopted culture as fit.
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Average Male Hamza Height
174.29 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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