Hamakala Surname

456,246th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 742 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Hamakala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hamakala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia7201:22,0142,394
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Hamakala Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hamakala Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hamakala is most common in Zambia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hamakala? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 456,246th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 9,821,490 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamakala reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Hamakala is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 720 people, or 1 in 22,014. In Zambia it is most common in: Southern Province, where 55 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 28 percent are found and Central Province, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Niger, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Hamakala
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