Hamau Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Hamau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 255 | 1:31,975 | 3,701 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Hamau (209) may also be a first name.
Hamau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamau (Bengali: হামৌ, Hindi: हामौ) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hamau is the 926,175th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Hamau live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 93 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 625,736th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 209 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 255 people, or 1 in 31,975. In Papua New Guinea Hamau is most frequent in: New Ireland, where 78 percent live, Northern, where 9 percent live and Central, where 5 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and Pakistan, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamau in the Bengali language | ||
| হামৌ | hamau | - |
| Hamau in the Hindi language | ||
| हामौ | hamau | 80 |
| हमउ | hama'u | 20 |
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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 Hamau
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