Abu Hamza Surname
Approximately 6,205 people bear this surname
Abu Hamza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 5,430 | 1:16,931 | 1,968 |
| Bangladesh | 721 | 1:221,022 | 7,250 |
| Palestine | 35 | 1:129,967 | 7,777 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Abu Hamza (4,975) may also be a first name.
Abu Hamza Demographics
Abu Hamza Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Abu Hamza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Hamza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abu Hamza is found most in Egypt. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Hamza? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 78,713th most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,174,463 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Abu Hamza are found; 88 percent are found in North Africa and 88 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 96,508th most widely held forename on earth It is held by 4,975 people.
The surname Abu Hamza is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is borne by 5,430 people, or 1 in 16,931. Apart from Egypt this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 12 percent reside and Palestine, where 1 percent reside.
Abu Hamza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Druze (100%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Hamzah | 95 | 2 | / |
| Abou Hamza | 95 | 1 | / |
| Abu Hamsa | 89 | 398 | / |
| Abu Hamja | 89 | 4 | / |
| Abu-Hamza | 89 | 1 | / |
| Abou Hamze | 84 | 6 | / |
| Abu Anza | 82 | 1,913 | / |
| Abu Amjaz | 78 | 1 | / |
| Abu Amjad | 78 | 1 | / |
| Abu Amsad | 78 | 1 | / |
| Abu-Hamzy | 78 | 1 | / |
| Abu Khamsi | 74 | 9 | / |
| Abou-Hamze | 74 | 7 | / |
| Abou Amjad | 74 | 1 | / |
| Abu Khansa | 74 | 1 | / |
| Abu Hamshahat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abu-Anza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abou-Hamzeh | 70 | 10 | / |
| Abu Amsha | 67 | 2,284 | / |
| Abu Amcha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abu Ansha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abou Amche | 63 | 5 | / |
| Abou Amchi | 63 | 2 | / |
| Abu Amshah | 63 | 1 | / |
| Abu Amsheh | 63 | 1 | / |
| Abou Khonsa | 60 | 4 | / |
| Abu-Amsha | 56 | 14 | / |
| Abou-Amche | 53 | 11 | / |
| Abu Anjood | 53 | 4 | / |
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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 Abu Hamza
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