Hamate Surname
Approximately 1,120 people bear this surname
Hamate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 572 | 1:33,552 | 1,856 |
| Iran | 309 | 1:248,487 | 18,816 |
| Japan | 204 | 1:626,688 | 16,157 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Hamaté (1) are calculated separately.
Hamate (177) may also be a first name.
Hamate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hamate (Bengali: হামতে, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻤﺎﺕ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Hamaté. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamate? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 330,612th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 6,506,737 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Hamate reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Hamate is also the 685,598th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 177 people.
The surname is most widespread in Niger, where it is carried by 572 people, or 1 in 33,552. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Agadez Region, where 71 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 13 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Niger it exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 28 percent reside and Japan, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamate Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamate in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻤﺎﺕ | hmat | - |
| Hamate in the Bengali language | ||
| হামতে | hamate | - |
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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 Hamate
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