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 last name Hamath (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻤﺎﺕ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamath? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hamath is the 1,604,449th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Hamath reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Hamath is also the 90,310th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 5,524 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 64,998. In Mauritania Hamath is mostly concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 59 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 22 percent live and Tagant Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Mauritania this last name is found 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 prevalency of Hamath has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hamath surname rose 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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