Hamahwa Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Hamahwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 90 | 1:176,110 | 12,058 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Hamahwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamahwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamahwa is found most in Zambia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamahwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hamahwa is the 1,955,159th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamahwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 176,110. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 96 percent reside, Southern Province, where 2 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Zambia Hamahwa occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Hamahwa
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