Hamanya Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Hamanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Hamanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamanya is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamanya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,017,195th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamanya live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,054,699. In Uganda Hamanya is mostly concentrated in: Ntungamo District, where 47 percent are found, Mubende District, where 11 percent are found and Bushenyi District, where 5 percent are found. Other than Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 43 percent are found and Zambia, where 7 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
- 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 Hamanya
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