Hakwa Surname
Approximately 625 people bear this surname
Hakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanuatu | 393 | 1:670 | 148 |
| Cameroon | 221 | 1:93,978 | 11,213 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Hakwa (23) may also be a first name.
Hakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hakwa is more commonly found in Vanuatu than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hakwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 520,629th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 11,660,073 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Hakwa reside; 63 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 63 percent reside in Vanuatu. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread forename globally, held by 23 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Vanuatu, where it is borne by 393 people, or 1 in 670. Apart from Vanuatu this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 35 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Hakwa
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