Hamath Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Hamath Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 63 | 1:64,998 | 4,484 |
| Pakistan | 41 | 1:4,357,168 | 30,068 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Hamath (5,524) may also be a first name.
Hamath Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamath Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamath (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻤﺎﺕ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Hamath click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamath? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,604,449th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Hamath reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 90,310th most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 5,524 people.
Hamath is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 64,998. In Mauritania Hamath is most numerous in: Brakna Region, where 59 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 22 percent live and Tagant Region, where 8 percent live. Outside of Mauritania this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 33 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Hamath Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hamath has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hamath last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamath Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamath in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻤﺎﺕ | hmat | 75.57 |
| ﺣﻤﺎﺕ | hmat | 9.5 |
| ﻫﻤﺖ | hmt | 8.6 |
| ﻫﺎﻣﺖ | hamt | 1.36 |
| ﺣﻤﺎﺓ | hmat | 0.9 |
| ﻫﺎﻣﺎﺕ | hamat | 0.9 |
| ﺣﺎﻣﺖ | hamt | 0.9 |
| ﻫﻤﺎﺙ | hmath | 0.45 |
| ﻫﻤﺎﺗﻰ | hmaty | 0.45 |
| ﺣﻤﺎﺩ | hmad | 0.45 |
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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 Hamath
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