Hamatwi Surname

390,071st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 908 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Hamatwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hamatwi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia5311:4,537831
Zambia3761:42,1544,138
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Hamatwi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hamatwi is held by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hamatwi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hamatwi is the 390,071st most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 8,025,932 people. Hamatwi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamatwi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Hamatwi is most widely held in Namibia, where it is carried by 531 people, or 1 in 4,537. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Kavango West Region, where 73 percent live, Ohangwena Region, where 10 percent live and Khomas Region, where 9 percent live. Aside from Namibia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 41 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Haamatwi935/
Hamaatwi931/
Hamatui862/
Amatwit861/
Hamatwe861/
Chamatwa80660/
Chamatui804/
Ametwi775/
Amatui771/
Homotwi71141/
Hamadui711/
Amatwet711/
Amatwey711/
Hamadbi711/
Haimadbi671/
Hammadui671/
Amahtuis671/
Hammadbi671/
Hamadbhi671/
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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 Hamatwi
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